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Areas of Study
3. Is the following sentence true or false? The boundaries between the five areas of
chemistry are not firm.
4. Read each goal and complete the table by filling in one of the five main areas of
chemistry.
Big Ideas in Chemistry
5. Another name for a “big idea” is .
6. What are the eight “big ideas” listed in the lesson?
a.b.
c.
d. / e.
f.
g.
h.
1.2 Chemistry and You
The study of chemistry is useful in many areas of life.
Reading Strategy
Table A table helps you organize lesson information. Write “Chemistry and Me” above the
table on the following page. In the Section column, write the section titles that appear in red
in your book. In the Take Aways column, summarize in your own words the information
that is in each section. In the Details column, add details to help you understand how
chemistry connects with your life. An example has been provided.
As you read Lesson 1.2, fill in the table on the next page to help you understand how
chemistry is all around you.
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Lesson Summary
Why Study Chemistry? Chemistry helps people understand the world around them.
Chemistry explains things in the natural world.
Many careers use chemistry.
Informed citizens need a knowledge of chemistry.
Chemistry, Technology, and Society Research in chemistry brings about advances
in many areas.
Chemists use technology to develop new materials that are better for the environment.
Scientists who understand chemistry develop new energy sources and medical
breakthroughs.
Chemists study matter from objects in space to expand our knowledge of the universe.
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After reading Lesson 1.2, answer the following questions.
Why Study Chemistry?
1. What will knowledge of chemistry enable you to do?
a.
b.
c.
2. List three careers that require some knowledge of chemistry.
Chemistry, Technology, and Society
3. What is technology?
4. What are some problems that chemists must consider when developing new
technologies?
5. List two ways that chemists can help to meet the demand for energy.
a.
b.
6. What is the role of chemistry in the development of medicines?
7. List three new materials chemists have developed that have medical applications.
a.
b.
c.
8. The field that applies science to the production of biological products is .
9. Scientists can learn about the chemical composition of stars by analyzing the
they transmit to Earth.
10. Why won’t the method used to discover the chemical composition of stars work for the
moon and planets?
11. What did chemists learn about the moon’s surface by analyzing moon rocks?
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