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ENCOUNTER THE PHENOMENON

Write the Encounter the Phenomenon question for this module.

Use the “What I Know” column to list the things you know about the Encounter the Phenomenon
question. Then list the questions you have about the Encounter the Phenomenon question in the
“What I Want to Find Out” column. As you read the module, fill in the “What I Learned” column.

K W L
What I Know What I Want to Find Out What I Learned

I know that the phenomenon of

the traits.

I know that's an organism traits

are influenced bye the parents
and by the environment.

I know that plan an

investigation into an
environmental influence on
plants.
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1 What is chemistry?
REVIEW Recall the definition of the Review Vocabulary term.
VOCABULARY
matter
matter

NEW VOCABULARY Define each New Vocabulary term.

chemistry chemistry
science
hypothesis
science
theory
scientific law
pure research hypothesis
applied research
substance theory
mass
weight
scientific law
model

pure research

applied research

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substance

mass

weight

model

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 1 What is chemistry? (continued)
Compare and contrast mass and weight using the Venn diagram
below.
• does not reflect gravitational pull on matter
• a measure of the effect of gravitational pull on matter
• a measurement that reflects the amount of matter in an object

Mass Weight
Both
Depends on the Yes but once Always constant
location of the an object no matter the
object. leaves Earth location
the weight will
change.

Organize the following terms by arranging them from largest to

smallest.

macroscopic, submicroscopic, microscopic

Macroscopic, microscopic, submicroscopic.

Explain a chemical model by completing the following sentences.

The Structure , composition, and Behavior of all matter can
be explained on a Submicroscopic level. All that we observe
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depends on Atoms and the Changes they undergo.

Scientists seeks to explain the submicroscopic events that lead to
Macroscopic obsservatiom . One way to do this is by making a chemical

model, which is a 3D representation of a

Submicroscopic event .

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1 What is chemistry? (continued)
Get It? Identify two additional types of models that are used by
scientists.

Describe scientific investigations by completing the following sentences.

Pure research becomes when scientists
develop a hypothesis based on the data and try to solve a specific
problem.
Identify six substances mentioned in the book that are important in
everyday life and are made of chemicals.

1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

REAL-WORLD CONNECTION
Analyze the importance of chemistry in our society using the branches of chemistry as examples.

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 1 What is chemistry? (continued)
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
1. Explain why the study of chemistry should be important to everyone.

2. Define substance and give two examples of things that are substances.

3. Explain why there are different branches of chemistry.

4. Explain why scientists use mass instead of weight for their measurements.
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5. Summarize why it is important for chemists to study changes in the world at a

submicroscopic level.

6. Infer why chemists use models to study submicroscopic matter.

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1 What is chemistry? (continued)
7. Identify three models that scientists use, and explain why each model is useful.

8. Evaluate How would your mass and weight differ on the Moon? The gravitational
force of the Moon is one-sixth the gravitational force on Earth.

9. Evaluate If you put a scale in an elevator and weigh yourself as you ascend and
then descend, does the scale have the same reading in both instances? Explain
your answer.

10. Distinguish Jacques Charles described the direct relationship between

temperature and volume of all gases at constant pressure. Should this be called
Charles’s law or Charles’s theory? Explain.

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