FTCC EMBALMING CHEMISTRY FINAL
EXAM STUDY GUIDE
What is the term for the amount of matter in a sample that is measured with a scale
(or balance)? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Weight
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 10.0cm? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Length
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 10.0g? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Weight
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 10.0mL? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Volume
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 54K? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Temperature
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 19 (o)C? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Temperature
Which of the following is NOT matter?
The air in your lungs
The blood in your arteries
The sunlight coming through the window
Rust - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The sunlight coming through the window
Which of the following is a physical change?
Burning of fuel
Melting of ice
Iron rusting
Wood decomposing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Melting of ice
Which of the following is a chemical change?
Iron rusting
Freezing of water
Water turning into steam
Snow melting - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Iron rusting
,Which state of matter retains its volume but adapts its shape to that of its container?
- ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Liquid
If a 10.0mL sample of unknown liquid has a mass of 7.533g, what is the density of
the unknown liquid? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-0.7533 g/mL
The increase in body temperature close to the time of death is known as
__________. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Postmortem caloricity
The acclimation of body temperature to ambient temperature is known as ________.
- ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Algor mortis
Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with __________. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Carbons and hydrogens
Thanatochemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with _____________. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The chemical processes in dead things
Biochemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with _________________. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The chemical processes of living things
The nucleus of an atom contains what? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Protons and neutrons
Atomic mass is ___________. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The total number of protons and
neutrons
Isotopes are ___________. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Atoms with the SAME number of
PROTONS but DIFFERENT numbers of NEUTRONS
Valence refers to the ___________ of an atom. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Outermost
energy level
The transfer of electrons from one atom to another is an ____________ bond. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Ionic
The sharing of electrons between two atoms is a ________________ bond. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Covalent
The attraction of a positively charged hydrogen and negatively charged oxygen is a
___________ bond. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Hydrogen
For atoms, stability is achieved with __________ electrons in the valence shell. This
is called the ____________ rule. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-8; octet
The symbol for sodium - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Na
, The symbol for oxygen - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-O
The symbol for hydrogen - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-H
Matter - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Any substance that makes up all observable physical
objects; matter possesses mass and occupies space
Mass - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Has a tendency to resist a change in motion (the larger the
mass, the more it will resist inertia); its value is unchanging through time
Calorie - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The standard unit of heat; 1 cal is the quantity of heat
necessary to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1 degree C (at 15 degrees C)
Density - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The amount of mass a certain substance divided by the
amount of volume the mass occupies; (mass/volume) = density
Viscosity - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The "thickness" of a fluid
Inorganic chemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Covers all chemical compounds expect
carbon and hydrogen containing compounds
Organic chemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-A chemistry discipline involving the scientific
study of matter in its various forms that contain mostly (but not completely) carbon
atoms and hydrogen atoms
Biochemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The study of chemical processes within and relating
to living organisms
Embalming chemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The art and science of preserving human
remains to forestall decomposition in order to keep the body suitable for public
display at a funeral or ceremony
Thanatochemistry (Necrochemistry or death chemistry) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The study
of chemical reactions, processes, and parameters of decomposition
5000mL - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-5L
1mg - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-1000g
Kinetic energy - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-During a reaction, there is a combination of both
potential energy and kinetic energy (energy in action)
Which of the following is true of ice, water, and steam?
They are three different chemical substances
They are the same substance in different chemical states
They are the same substance in different physical states
They are the same substance in different chemical and physical states -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-They are the same substance in different physical states
EXAM STUDY GUIDE
What is the term for the amount of matter in a sample that is measured with a scale
(or balance)? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Weight
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 10.0cm? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Length
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 10.0g? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Weight
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 10.0mL? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Volume
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 54K? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Temperature
What is the physical quantity expressed by the following measurement: 19 (o)C? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Temperature
Which of the following is NOT matter?
The air in your lungs
The blood in your arteries
The sunlight coming through the window
Rust - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The sunlight coming through the window
Which of the following is a physical change?
Burning of fuel
Melting of ice
Iron rusting
Wood decomposing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Melting of ice
Which of the following is a chemical change?
Iron rusting
Freezing of water
Water turning into steam
Snow melting - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Iron rusting
,Which state of matter retains its volume but adapts its shape to that of its container?
- ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Liquid
If a 10.0mL sample of unknown liquid has a mass of 7.533g, what is the density of
the unknown liquid? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-0.7533 g/mL
The increase in body temperature close to the time of death is known as
__________. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Postmortem caloricity
The acclimation of body temperature to ambient temperature is known as ________.
- ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Algor mortis
Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with __________. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Carbons and hydrogens
Thanatochemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with _____________. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The chemical processes in dead things
Biochemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with _________________. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The chemical processes of living things
The nucleus of an atom contains what? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Protons and neutrons
Atomic mass is ___________. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The total number of protons and
neutrons
Isotopes are ___________. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Atoms with the SAME number of
PROTONS but DIFFERENT numbers of NEUTRONS
Valence refers to the ___________ of an atom. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Outermost
energy level
The transfer of electrons from one atom to another is an ____________ bond. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Ionic
The sharing of electrons between two atoms is a ________________ bond. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Covalent
The attraction of a positively charged hydrogen and negatively charged oxygen is a
___________ bond. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Hydrogen
For atoms, stability is achieved with __________ electrons in the valence shell. This
is called the ____________ rule. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-8; octet
The symbol for sodium - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Na
, The symbol for oxygen - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-O
The symbol for hydrogen - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-H
Matter - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Any substance that makes up all observable physical
objects; matter possesses mass and occupies space
Mass - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Has a tendency to resist a change in motion (the larger the
mass, the more it will resist inertia); its value is unchanging through time
Calorie - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The standard unit of heat; 1 cal is the quantity of heat
necessary to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1 degree C (at 15 degrees C)
Density - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The amount of mass a certain substance divided by the
amount of volume the mass occupies; (mass/volume) = density
Viscosity - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The "thickness" of a fluid
Inorganic chemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Covers all chemical compounds expect
carbon and hydrogen containing compounds
Organic chemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-A chemistry discipline involving the scientific
study of matter in its various forms that contain mostly (but not completely) carbon
atoms and hydrogen atoms
Biochemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The study of chemical processes within and relating
to living organisms
Embalming chemistry - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The art and science of preserving human
remains to forestall decomposition in order to keep the body suitable for public
display at a funeral or ceremony
Thanatochemistry (Necrochemistry or death chemistry) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The study
of chemical reactions, processes, and parameters of decomposition
5000mL - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-5L
1mg - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-1000g
Kinetic energy - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-During a reaction, there is a combination of both
potential energy and kinetic energy (energy in action)
Which of the following is true of ice, water, and steam?
They are three different chemical substances
They are the same substance in different chemical states
They are the same substance in different physical states
They are the same substance in different chemical and physical states -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-They are the same substance in different physical states
