[CHEM 100] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 43 pages long Study Guide!
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Chemistry the study of matter and its transformations. Physiological function we mean a function of a living organism or of an individual cell, tissue, or organ of which it is composed. Chemical processes process that transform the identity of substances. The scientific method: common sense approach to establishing knowledge, elements of the scientific method: Create a hypothesis based on the observable facts. More experiments validate the hypothesis, thus becoming a theory. It is important to discard or modify a hypothesis when it is not supported by the experiment. Repeated observations of natural processes can lead to the development of laws. Laws concise statements of the behavior of nature with no explanation. Pure substances neither contaminated nor mixed with anything else, i. e. mercury. The characteristics of pure substances serve as a model to determine the purity of other, more of that behavior, to which there is no exception. complicated substances.
