Nature and History of Chemistry


Chapter Objectives
At the end of this unit students will be able to
1. identify 5 traditional areas of study in chemistry.
2. relate pure chemistry to applied chemistry.
3. idenfity reasons for studying chemistry.
4. identify some areas affect by chemistry research and describe examples
5. distinguish between macroscopic and microscopic views of matter.
6. identify steps in the scientific methods
.
7. describe steps for solving numeric and conceptual problems
Key Terms
analytical chemistry
applied chemistry
biochemistry
chemistry
experiment
hypothesis
inorganic chemistry
macroscopic
matter
microscopic
manipulated variable (independent)
observation
organic chemistry
physical chemistry
pollutant
pure chemistry
responding variable (dependent)
scientific law
scientific method
technology
theory