Chemistry 1 Ms Carballosa Why study chemistry Why

Chemistry 1 Ms. Carballosa

Why study chemistry? • Why is it useful to learn problem solving skills? • Building a model or baking a cake. • How did you know what to do? • How could you make or fix something if there were no instructions or guidelines?

What is chemistry? • Chemistry is the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes. – Chemistry affects all aspects of life and most natural events because all living and nonliving thing are made of _____. • Chemistry: What comes to mind?

List Living Non- living

Areas of Study What are five traditional areas of study in chemistry? Description of each • Organic chemistry • Inorganic chemistry • Chemicals containing carbon • Chemicals that do not contain carbon • Living organisms • Composition of matter • Mechanism, rate, and transfer when undergoing change • Biochemistry • Analytical chemistry • Physical chemistry

List an example of each type of study Q: Why would you study a puffer(blow)fish if you were a biochemist? Q: Why would you study a puffer(blow)fish if you were an organic chemist? Pufferfish are generally believed to be the second-most poisonous vertebrates in the world, after the golden poison frog. Nationalgeographic. com

Areas of Study • What daily activities do you do that may involve a chemical process or contact with chemicals? • Can you think of four items or activities that do not involve chemistry?

Experimental Design

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