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CHEMISTRY FORM 1


i Common Chemistry Laboratory Chemicals
ii Common Chemistry Laboratory Apparatus
iii Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory
iv Why we should learn Chemistry
1. INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY
2. SIMPLE CLASSIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES AND SEPERATION OF MIXTURES
3. ACIDS, BASES AND INDICATORS
4. AIR AND COMBUSTION
5. WATER AND HYDROGEN
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Introduction to Chemistry: What is matter?

1.0 Introduction to Chemistry


1.1 What is matter?


Carefully study the following picture, which shows different states of matter. It consists of boiling water held in a transparent container, A.

Questions 1.1

From what you have observed in the picture, and Primary Science:

  1. Does matter have mass? Does it have volume (occupy space)?
  2. Define matter.
  3. Identify the three physical states A, B and C of matter.

Answers to Questions 1.1


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Food, water, air, and all other substances around us are different forms of matter.