Chemistry: Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World
By Carla Mooney and Samuel Carbaugh
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Have you ever wondered what makes up everything in the world around you? Or what exactly is the difference between solids, liquids, and gases? Have you wanted to know what causes two substances to react or change?
Chemistry: Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World introduces readers 12 through 15 to the fascinating world of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Learn how these molecules combine to form ordinary objects such as the chair you're sitting on, the water in your glass, even you! Through hands-on, investigative projects, readers delve into the world of chemical reactions and changing matter, learning how these principles are used in many areas of science, from biochemistry to nuclear science.
Combining hands-on science inquiry with chemistry, mathematics, and biology, projects include building models of molecules and bonds, identifying acids and bases, investigating the effect of temperature on reaction rate, and observing how a chemical reaction from vinegar, water, and bleach can accelerate the rusting of steel. Chemistry offers entertaining illustrations and fascinating sidebars to illuminate the topic and engage readers further, plus integrates a digital learning component by providing links to primary sources, videos, and other relevant websites.
Carla Mooney
Carla Mooney has written more than 70 books for children and young adults. She is an award-winning author of several books for Nomad Press, including The Chemistry of Food, The Physics of Fun, The Human Body and The Human Genome: Mapping the Blueprint of Human Life, and Globalization: Why We Care about Faraway Events. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Contents
Timeline
Introduction
Chemistry Matters!
Chapter 1
Atoms, Elements, and the Periodic Table
Chapter 2
States of Matter: Gases, Liquids, and Solids
Chapter 3
Changing States of Matter
Chapter 4
Compounds, Mixtures, and Solutions
Chapter 5
Chemical Reactions
Chapter 6
Acids and Bases
Chapter 7
The Nucleus and Radioactivity
Chapter 8
Other Branches of Chemistry
Index
TIMELINE
Introduction
Chemistry Matters!
What is chemistry and what does it have to do with the world around you?
Chemistry is the study of matter that makes up the world around you and the changes that can happen to matter. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, including you.
Have you ever wondered what the world is made of? What is the difference between a gas and a liquid? Why does ice melt into water? What happens when something burns? What happens when you mix two substances together? The answers to those questions can all be found in chemistry.
Many people think of chemistry as scientists in white coats mixing strange liquids in a laboratory. They imagine chemists working with molecules, test tubes, and the periodic table. In reality, chemistry is not stuck in a science lab. Chemistry is everywhere. Everything you see, hear, taste, smell, and touch involves chemistry. Chemistry is part of everything you do, from growing and cooking food to cleaning your house to launching a rocket. Learning chemistry can help us understand the world around us.
Throughout history, humans have enlisted chemistry to make the things we want and need.
WHAT IS CHEMISTRY?
Chemistry is the study of matter and the changes it undergoes. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Everything on the earth, in the solar system, and in the galaxy is made of matter. It is all of the stuff around you, including your own body. This book is made of matter. Your desk is made of matter. The air you breathe and the water you drink and the food you eat are made of matter.
Matter can exist in different states—solid, liquid, and gas—and it can change back and forth between these states. That’s why water can freeze into solid ice, melt into liquid water, and evaporate into water vapor, which is a gas.
Chemists study the properties and the physical and chemical changes of matter. They also study atoms and molecules and the interactions between them. Atoms and molecules are the basic building blocks of matter.
Chemistry is a physical science. It is also known as the central science, because it affects all other natural sciences, including physics, biology, and geology. Everything in the universe is made of matter, which is why chemistry interacts with other sciences so often. Scientists working in other fields often study chemistry to better understand their own areas.
Even before it was defined as a science, chemistry was used by people. For thousands of years, people have been fermenting food and extracting metal from ores, both of which use chemistry. Making glass and soap, using plants to make medicines, and creating pottery also use chemistry.
CHEMISTRY CONNECTION
Being able to measure accurately is the first step in understanding chemistry. You’ll need to be able to use the metric system and also know which numbers are important and which are not.
THE METRIC SYSTEM
In the eighteenth century, people around the world used many different units of measurement. Length could be measured in feet, inches, hands, furlongs, palms, rods, and lots of other units! It was confusing. Having so many different units caused a lot of arguments between countries and trade partners.
To solve this problem, the French government devised a system of measurement called the International System of Units, or SI system. Today, the SI system is known as the metric system. It is used as the official measurement system by almost every country in the world, except the United States and a few other countries. Scientists worldwide