I N D I A N G E O G R A P H Y A first look · Fall semester
Major
Rivers of India
T H E S C I E N C E O F S T U F F
01 — DEF INIT ION
What is IN ONE SENTENCE
The study of matter — what
chemistry? it's made of, and how it
changes.
02 / 08 DEFINIT ION
02 — R ELEVANCE
Everything you touch, breathe,
or eat is chemistry.
01 02 03
The food on your plate The medicine you take The air, water, and ground
03 / 08 R ELEVA NCE
03 — T HE T HR EE STAT ES
States of matter.
FIXED SHAPE FLOWS F R E E LY FILLS THE SPACE
Solid Liquid Gas
Particles packed tightly in place. Ice, Particles touch but slide past each Particles spread far apart, moving fast.
iron, salt. other. Water, oil, mercury. Air, steam, helium.
04 / 08 STAT ES
04 — BUILDING BLOCKS
Atoms &
elements.
An atom is the smallest unit of matter. An
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element is a substance made of one kind of
atom — there are 118 of them.
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OXYGEN
05 / 08 BU ILDING BLOCKS
05 — PUTTING AT OM S TOGET HER
Compounds & mixtures.
COMPOUND — BONDED MIXTURE — COMBINED
Compound Mixture
H₂O — two hydrogens, one oxygen Salt + water, air, salad
Atoms chemically bonded in fixed ratios. To separate them, Substances physically combined. Each keeps its own
you must break the bond. properties — and can be pulled apart.
06 / 08 COM BINATIONS
06 — T WO KINDS OF CHANGE
Chemical vs. physical changes.
PHYSICAL CHEMICAL
W H AT
HAPPENS Form changes. Substance changes.
REVERSIBLE?
Usually yes. Usually no.
EXAMPLE
Ice melting. Wood burning.
07 / 08 CHANGE
07 — T HE ROA D AHEA D
What's next.
CH 02 CH 03 CH 04 CH 05
The periodic table Bonds & molecules Reactions & equations Into the lab