Use Your Notes to Try to Answer the Following Introduction to Chemistry Questions

Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Date: ______________

Branches of Chemistry Worksheet Period: _____________

Use your notes to try to answer the following introduction to chemistry questions.

A. What is chemistry? ________________________________________________________________________________

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B. What other areas of science rely on chemistry? List at least two. ___________________________________________

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C. Use the following list to identify which of the 5 branches of chemistry the following examples belong to. Each answer will be used twice.

Analytical Chemistry Organic Chemistry Biochemistry

Inorganic Chemistry Physical Chemistry

_________________________ 1. Thermodynamics/Thermochemistry (study of how heat relates to chemical change)

_________________________ 2. Polymer chemistry (study of the composition and creation of polymer molecules) –

large molecules composed of carbon

_________________________ 3. Molecular Biochemistry (Study of Biomolecules and their functions).

_________________________4. Geochemistry (study of the earth’s chemical composition, rocks, minerals &

atmosphere)

_________________________ 5. Regarding the identification of compounds and composition of substances; used

in forensic science

_________________________ 6. The study of substances that do not contain carbon

_________________________ 7. The area that deals with the mechanism, the rate, and the energy transfer that

occurs when matter undergoes a change

_________________________ 8. Examples metabolism, anaerobic fermentation, cellular respiration, photosynthesis of

living organisms

_________________________ 9. The design and development of pharmaceutical drugs that are based on carbon

compounds.

_________________________ 10. The examination of materials such as blood, urine, hair, etc. to detect the presence of

specific drugs