Deserts are increasing world wide. This is known as

A. disintegration

B. desertification

C. decomposition

D. disaggregation

a) What is the common-ion effect? b) Given an example of a salt that can decrease the ionization of HNO2 in solution. List all of the substances (species) that would be present in the solution. (Consider the HNO2, the salt, and the water.)

Which statement best explains why elements are matter? An element is a physical substance that has mass and takes up space. Elements are pure substances that cannot be divided chemically. Each element is a pure substance composed of one type of atom.

What is an alloy and why are the preferable at times?

A metal cylinder has a mass of 128g. When the cylinder is submerged into water, it displaces 424ml of water. Calculate the specific gravity

The volume of solution in a test tube is measured to be 0.0067 liter. Which digits in the measurement are significant figures?

For a chemical reaction to be spontaneous at all temperatures, which of the following conditions must be met? a. ΔS° > 0, ΔH° > 0 b. ΔS° > 0, ΔH° < 0 c. ΔS° < 0, ΔH° < 0 d. ΔS° 0 e.

What is a Binary Compound? Is it related to the Ionic and Molecular compounds? if so, how so?

Which answer correctly describes the difference between covalent and ionic bonds? A. ionic: transfer of protons covalent: transfer of electrons B. ionic: transfer of electrons covalent: transfer of protons C.

What are the first five elementsof the periodic table?

Name 3 characteristics that can be used to identify minerals