What is Chemistry?
The study of the composition of matter and the changes that _________undergoes
Anything that has mass and occupies space
II. Areas of Study
1.______ - all chemicals containing
Carbon - remember Biology!!!2._________ - chemicals that do not contain
Carbon - mostly found in nonliving things…
rocks, etc3._________ - study of processes that take place - making ATP, breaking down sugars,
….
5._________ - deals with the mechanism, the
rate, and the energy transfer that occurs when
matter undergoes a change
III. Pure & Applied Chemistry
Pure– pursuit of chemical knowledge (research)
Applied chemistry --means you are using scientific knowledge of chemistry in order to solve a _________ __________. You APPLY your knowledge.For example, chemical medicines are an example of applied chemistry
SO…. Why do
we study chemistry
??????
What impact do chemists have on materials, energy, medicine, agriculture,the environment and the study of the universe?
___________--objects that are large enough to see with the unaided eye
____________--objects seen only with magnification
Poison dart frogs
Cone snail
Vampire bat
Death Stalker Scorpion
Digitalis
Cinchona tree
Willow Tree Bark
Danger
Just because it says it is all natural, doesn’t mean it is safe or won’t
harm you!!!
Are the chemicals
derived from plants and animals and
plants organic or inorganic?
Applying concepts!!!
Curiosity killed the cat???
Or did it save it???
Changing liquid into gold???????
Alchemy
Scientific Method
observations
Hypothesis TheoryExperim
ents
Scientific Law
May be ________ based on data
____ by more experiments & modified if necessary
___________ variables___________ variables
Summarizes the results of many _________ & ___________