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1.1 & 1.2 - Chemistry and Its Importance & Scientific Method
1.1 & 1.2 - Chemistry and Its Importance & Scientific Method
Chapter 1
Introduction to chemistry
What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
- Concept map -
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Robert Boyle
4. Robert Boyle (1627-1691), an English
scientist, was believed to be the founder
of modern chemistry when published a
book The Sceptical Chemist (1661)
which describes the properties of
elements, compound, and mixtures
clearly.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Uses
1.
2.
3.
What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Chemical substances
Use
Nitric acid
To make fertilizers
As cleaning agents
Urea
As nitrogenous fertilizers
PVC (polyvinyl
chloride)
Ethanol
Paints
To protect surfaces
Formaldehyde
Sodium hydroxide
To make soap
Sodium chloride
To preserve food
Acetic acid
What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Occupations which
need the knowledge
of chemistry:
chemist
doctor
pharmacist
forensic scientist
dentist
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geologist
laboratory
technologist
agriculturist
chemical engineer
biochemist
genetic engineer
polymer scientist
What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Oleochemical
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Scientific Method?
1.
2.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
1.
Observation
2.
making an inference7.
3.
8. collecting data
identifying the
problem
9. Interpreting data
Forming a
hypothesis
10. drawing a conclusion
identifying variables
11. writing a report
4.
5.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
5.
6.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Variables
Variables are factors or conditions which
influence other factors in an
investigation.
2. 3 types of variables:
The variable that is manipulatedvariable that is deliberately
altered/changed to see how such
changes affect the factor.
1.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
The
The
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Manipulative skills
The manipulative skills learnt during a scientific
investigation are:
Using
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Being
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
Contribution of chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and
Values.
Being
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia.
based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
Contribution of chemical-
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What chemistry is? Origin of the word. Uses. The Importance of Chemistry. Chemical industries in Malaysia. Contribution of
chemical-based industries towards the development of our country.
Scientific Method?
Scientific attitudes and Values.
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