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Most of the materials around us contain blends of more than one substance. These are mixtures and solutions. Seawater, for example, is a solution of salt and water. The engaging text and vivid illustrations in this book will help readers understand how mixtures and solutions form and how they apply to everyday life. Topics include
• the difference between mixtures and solutions
• how solutions may be diluted or concentrated
• how distillation...
2) Chemistry
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Explores the world of chemical reactions and shows the role that chemistry plays in our world.
3) The elements
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"The elements in the periodic table are the ingredients that make up our world. Explore elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and learn why they are essential to our survival. See how precious gold protects astronauts in space, and why the metal mercury can be both a solid and a liquid. Find out about man-made elements, which the smartest chemists are busy figuring out how to use. Learn about scores of other elements, including silver, the...
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What do a rusting bike, a growling stomach, and a crackling campfire have in common? They are all the result of chemical reactions! Chemicals are constantly reacting in our bodies and all around us. Chemical reactions can be natural, like respiration and photosynthesis, or human-made, like the reactions in fertilizer and fireworks. This book simplifies chemical reactions with clear explanations and explosive examples. Primary sources show how scientists...
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Provides an overview of the field of chemistry. Text includes a short history of early chemistry and examines elements, molecules, and chemical reactions. The periodic table of the elements is introduced. Information is explained using real-world examples and supported with graphics and photos. This book concludes with two simple, kid-friendly experiments"--OCLC.
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It's not enough to just read about scientific concepts. Science and experimentation go hand in hand, especially when it comes to slime and other gross things! The experiments in this book offer engaging and achievable methods of learning about essential topics. Each investigation details the common ingredients needed, the degree of difficulty, the time it takes, and even the expected amount of messiness! Fun illustrated characters, including Professor...
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"Mixtures are easy and fun to make, because they don't need a chemical reaction like compounds do. If you have a bowl filled with red candies and pink candies, you have a mixture. Even your favorite pizza is a mixture! Mixtures are made whenever two or more different things come together-but can also be easily separated. Mixtures can be solids, liquids, or gasses. In this book we'll explore each and every kind of mixture, with diagrams and vocabulary...
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"In chemistry, compounds are made whenever two or more different elements come together. You use compounds every day, probably without realizing it. If you're baking a cake, you're using compounds. If you're swimming, you're using compounds. When you breathe, you're actually making compounds, because you inhale oxygen, and exhale carbon dioxide. What other compounds are there? In this book, elementary readers will explore all four kinds of compounds...
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"Do you like learning about atoms, molecules, and other matter? Do you like to cook? Then Chemistry You Can Chomp is the right book for you! Learn about what chemists do and what they have discovered. Then explore chemistry further by making delicious snacks. Check out the entire Super Simple Science You Can Snack On series for more tasty STEM fun!
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"Come along on a science adventure to discover how molecules form groups, how chemicals interact, and so much more! This fun question and answer book has everything from facts and figures to simple diagrams and hilarious illustrations to help you learn introductory chemistry terms and concepts, including states of matter, chemical reactions, atoms, compounds, elements, molecules, and more"--Page [4] of cover.
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"What's a chemical? What is green chemistry? Are all natural chemicals good? We come into contact with chemicals every day. Some are naturally occurring -- clay, water, sugar. Others have been synthesized and are used in a variety of products ranging from roof shingles to toothpaste. Many chemical inventions have had a profound effect on food supply, medicine and many other useful items in our day-to-day lives, and some chemicals have had unintended...
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Build your way through thirty fantastic STEM experiments, brick by brick! Fun projects that are perfect for fans of LEGO Masters and science subjects! Does your young scientist love LEGOs? Then this is the book for them! Contained within these pages is an assortment of experiments and activities to teach your child all about Science and STEM subjects using LEGO bricks. In Brick Science, various aspects of STEM will be introduced to your creative learner...
17) Acids and bases
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Crabtree Pub. Co
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[2009]
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An introduction to acids and bases.
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