The Types of Tests

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When a chemist wants to determine how two things are different, they perform two main types of tests:

  • Physical Tests which are observations that are made about the physical properties of things
  • Chemical Tests which determine how things behave chemically

 

 

What is Chemistry?

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Chemistry is the science that studies chemicals and how those chemicals interact with one another

Chemicals are substances that are all around us in that everything is made of chemicals

A chemist is a person who studies how chemicals interact