Learning Exercises 1

Name:Harvey E.Aguilando Home Address: Brgy.Cablangan,M.N.S

Course and Year: BSEE - 1B Cellphone No.: 639685495058

1. What is science?

It is a systematic study of the nature and behaviour of the material and physical
universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, and the formulation
of laws to describe these facts in general terms.It is the knowledge so obtained or the
practice of obtaining any particular branch of this knowledge of the pure and applied
sciences.And any body of knowledge organized in a systematic manner skill or
technique.

2. What is Chemistry?

Everything you hear, see, smell, taste, and touch involves chemistry and chemicals.
And hearing, seeing, tasting, and touching all involve intricate series of chemical
reactions and interactions in your body. With such an enormous range of topics, it is
essential to know about chemistry at some level to understand the world around us.

Chemistry is not limited to beakers and laboratories. It is all around us, and the better
we know chemistry, the better we know our world.

3. Differentiate pure chemistry from applied chemistry.

Pure and Applied Research. The study of modern chemistry can be split into two types
of research: pure and applied. Chemists who study pure chemistry do research
primarily to advance mankind’s understanding of chemistry. Applied chemistry is
chemistry that is directed toward a specific practical goal or application.

4. Enumerate and describe the five branches of chemistry.

Organic Chemistry: Organic chemistry is the study of carbon and its compounds. It
is the study of the chemistry of life and reactions occurring in living organisms. An
organic chemistry might study organic reactions, the structure and properties of
organic molecules, polymers, drugs, or fuels.

Inorganic Chemistry: Inorganic chemistry is the study of compounds not covered by

organic chemistry. It is the study of inorganic compounds, or compounds that don't
contain a C-H bond. A few inorganic compounds do contain carbon, but most contain
metals.

Analytical Chemistry: Analytical chemistry is the study of the chemistry of matter

and the development of tools to measure properties of matter. Analytical chemistry
includes quantitative and qualitative analysis, separations, extractions, distillation,
spectrometry and spectroscopy, chromatography, and electrophoresis.

Physical Chemistry: Physical chemistry is the branch of chemistry that applies

physics to the study of chemistry, which commonly includes the applications of
thermodynamics and quantum mechanics to chemistry.

Biochemistry: Biochemistry is the study of chemical processes that occur inside of

living organisms. Examples of key molecules include proteins, nucleic acids,
carbohydrates, lipids, drugs, and neurotransmitters. Sometimes this discipline is
considered a subdiscipline of organic chemistry. Biochemistry is closely related to
molecular biology, cell biology, and genetics.

5. Express the following numbers in scientific notation.

a. 25 = 2.5 × 101

b. 64,572.23 = 6.457 223 × 104

c. 0.00546 = 5.46 × 10−3

d. 23,000,000 = 2.3 × 107

e. 1,000 = 1 × 103

6. Tell the number of significant figures in the following:

a. 0.004450 = 4 sig. fig.

b. 4.50 x 10-5 = 40 = 2 sig. fig.

c., 3.205 = 4 sig. fig.

d. 678 = 3 sig. fig.

e. 1.0 x 102 = 102 = 3 sig. fig.

7. Perform the required operations and apply the rules on significant figures in
calculations.

1. 120.89 + 34.009 = 154.899

Ans: 154.90

2. 9.12 x 2.4 = 218.88

Ans: 219

3. 45.889 + 22.00 = 67.889

Ans: 67.89

4. 345.0 x 2.1 = 724.5

Ans: 72

5. 2.5 (15.325 + 7.86) = 57.96

Ans: 58