Chemistry in the Community

Cover Page
Half-Title Page
Copyright Page
Title Page
Important Notice
Safety and Laboratory Activity
BRIEF CONTENTS
PREFACE
	ABOUT ChemCom
	New to the Sixth Edition
	HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM CHEMCOM 6e
	INVESTIGATING MATTER
	DEVELOPING SKILLS
	MODELING MATTER
	MAKING DECISIONS
CONTENTS
UNIT 0: GETTING TO KNOW CHEMISTRY IN THE COMMUNITY
	Section A: The Central Science
		Concept Check 1
	Section B: Living Within Communities
	Section C: Inquiry and Investigation
	Section D: Learning and Applying Chemistry
		Concept Check 2
	Putting It All Together
		Welcome to Chemistry
UNIT 1: MATERIALS: FORMULATING MATTER
	Section A: Building Blocks of Chemistry
		Concept Check 1
		Concept Check 2
		Section A: Summary
	Section B: Periodic Trends
		Concept Check 3
		Concept Check 4
		Section B Summary
	Section C: Minerals and Moles
		Concept Check 5
		Concept Check 6
		Section C: Summary
	Section D: Conservation and Chemical Equations
		Concept Check 7
		Concept Check 8
		Section D: Summary
	Putting It All Together
		Making the Case for Currency
UNIT 2: AIR: DESIGNING SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS
	Section A: Properties of Gases
		Concept Check 1
		Concept Check 2
		Concept Check 3
		Section A: Summary
	Section B: Physical Behavior of Gases
		Concept Check 4
		Concept Check 5
		Section B: Summary
	Section C: Interactions of Matter and Energy in Atmospheres
		Concept Check 6
		Concept Check 7
		Concept Check 8
		Section C: Summary
	Section D: Human Impact on Air Quality
		Concept Check 9
		Concept Check 10
		Section D: Summary
	Putting It All Together
		Investigating Air-Quality Claims
UNIT 3: PETROLEUM: BREAKING AND MAKING BONDS
	Section A: Petroleum—What Is It?
		Concept Check 1
		Concept Check 2
		Concept Check 3
		Section A: Summary
	Section B: Petroleum: A Building-Material Source
		Concept Check 4
		Concept Check 5
		Concept Check 6
		Section B: Summary
	Section C: Petroleum: An Energy Source
		Concept Check 7
		Concept Check 8
		Section C: Summary
	Section D Alternatives to Petroleum
		Concept Check 9
		Concept Check 10
		Concept Check 11
		Section D: Summary
	Putting It All Together
		Getting Mobile
UNIT 4: WATER: EXPLORING SOLUTIONS
	Section A: Sources, Uses, and Properties of Water
		Concept Check 1
		Concept Check 2
		Section A: Summary
	Section B: Looking at Water and Its Contaminants
		Concept Check 3
		Concept Check 4
		Concept Check 5
		Section B: Summary
	Section C: Reactions in Solution
		Concept Check 6
		Concept Check 7
		Concept Check 8
		Section C: Summary
	Section D: Water Purification and Treatment
		Concept Check 9
		Concept Check 10
		Section D: Summary
	Putting It All Together
		Fish-Kill—Finding the Solution
UNIT 5: INDUSTRY: APPLYING CHEMICAL REACTIONS
	Section A: Providing Nutrients for Agriculture
		Concept Check 1
		Concept Check 2
		Section A: Summary
	Section B: Industrial Production of Ammonia
		Concept Check 3
		Concept Check 4
		Section B Summary
	Section C: Generating Electrical Energy from Chemical Reactions
		Concept Check 5
		Concept Check 6
		Section C: Summary
	Section D: Industrial Production of Batteries
		Concept Check 7
		Concept Check 8
		Section D Summary
	Putting It All Together
		A Chemical Plant for Riverwood?
UNIT 6: ATOMS: NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS
	Section A: The Nature of Atoms
		Concept Check 1
		Concept Check 2
		Section A Summary
	Section B: Nuclear Radiation
		Concept Check 3
		Concept Check 4
		Section B: Summary
	Section C: Using Radioactivity
		Concept Check 5
		Concept Check 6
		Section C: Summary
	Section D: Nuclear Energy: Benefits and Burdens
		Concept Check 7
		Concept Check 8
		Section D: Summary
	Putting It All Together
		Communicating Scientific and Technological Information
UNIT 7: FOOD: MATTER AND ENERGY FOR LIFE
	Section A: Food as Energy
		Concept Check 1
		Concept Check 2
		Section A: Summary
	Section B: Carbohydrates and Fats
		Concept Check 3
		Concept Check 4
		Section B: Summary
	Section C: Proteins
		Concept Check 5
		Concept Check 6
		Section C: Summary
	Section D: Vitamins, Minerals, and Additives
		Concept Check 7
		Concept Check 8
		Section D: Summary
	Putting It All Together
		Guiding the PTSA’s Decisions
APPENDICES
GLOSSARY
INDEX