Chemistry 100 Fall 2003

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Chemistry 100Fall 2003

• Instructor Shawna Hodge

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Chapter OneAn Introduction to Chemistry

• Why study Chemistry?
• Scientific Method

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What is Chemistry?

• The study of all substances and the changes that
  they can undergo
• The CENTRAL SCIENCE

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Why Study Chemistry?

• Useful for other sciences
• Required course ?
• Fun and Challenging
• Remember
• Process of Discovery
• Understand Concepts, NOT Single Facts

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Scientific Method
Observation
Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion
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Scientific Method
Conclusion

• Natural Law
• Explains how nature behaves

• Theory
• Explains why nature behaves in a certain way

Prediction
Experiment