#7. The one that would be easiest to do is item b. Maybe visiting a hospital lab would be OK is you select item a. I don’t know of any industrial plants in the immediate area to satisfy item c. If any of your parents know of an industrial plant that uses chemicals, please have them post it on the website. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE ABOVE, SCOUTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFINE SOME BASIC CHEMISTRY TERMS, TERMS THAT WE HAVE GONE OVER IN MEETINGS INCLUDING: Matter anything that has mass and takes up space. – Energy anything that can make matter move – Element The smallest building blocks of matter. There are 92 of them in nature – Symbol - One or two letters that represent each element Compound A chemical combination of two or more elements – Formula A set of numbers and letters that represent a compound (ex: sugar is C6H12O6) – Mixture A physical combination of two or more elements or compounds where each part of the mixture – retains its own chemical properties. A liquid mixture is often called a solution
#7. The one that would be easiest to do is item b. Maybe visiting a hospital lab would be OK is you select item a. I don’t know of any industrial plants in the immediate area to satisfy item c. If any of your parents know of an industrial plant that uses chemicals, please have them post it on the website. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE ABOVE, SCOUTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFINE SOME BASIC CHEMISTRY TERMS, TERMS THAT WE HAVE GONE OVER IN MEETINGS INCLUDING: Matter – anything that has mass and takes up space. Energy – anything that can make matter move Element – The smallest building blocks of matter. There are 92 of them in nature Symbol - One or two letters that represent each element Compound – A chemical combination of two or more elements Formula – A set of numbers and letters that represent a compound (ex: sugar is C6H12O6) Mixture – A physical combination of two or more elements or compounds where each part of the mixture retains its own chemical properties. A liquid mixture is often called a solution