Introduction to Chemistry

Objectives

• Identify five traditional areas of chemistry
• Relate pure chemistry to applied chemistry
• Identify reasons to study chemistry

Vocabulary: matter - chemistry - organic chemistry - biochemistry - analytical chemistry - physical chemistry - applied chemistry - technology

Objectives

• Identify areas of research affected by chemistry
• Describe some examples of research of chemistry
• Distinguish between macroscopic and microscopic views

Vocabulary: macroscopic - microscopic - biotechnology

Objectives

• Describe how Lavoisier transformed chemistry
• Identify three steps in the Scientific Method
• Explain why collaboration and communication are important

Vocabulary: scientific method - observation - hypothesis - manipulated variable - responding variable - theory - scientific law

Objectives

• Identify two general steps in problem solving
• Describe three steps for solving numeric problems
• Describe two steps for solving conceptual problems

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