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Contents
A Tour of Your Textbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x ReadingStrategiesforBCScience9 ..........................xvii AScavengerHunt ........................................xxi
Unit1 Atoms,Elements,andCompounds .........2 GettingStarted ...........................................4
FindOutActivity:CombiningChemicals .......................5 Chapter 1 Atomic theory explains the composition
and behaviour of matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
1.1 SafetyintheScienceClassroom .............................8 Think About It 1-1A: Science Lab Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 ThinkAboutIt1-1B:SafetyGuidelinesforYourLab .............13
1.2 InvestigatingMatter .....................................16 FindOutActivity1-2A:BagofChange ........................17 ThinkAboutIt1-2B:AChemicalFamily ......................23 Conduct an Investigation 1-2C: Modifying Metallic Properties . . . . . .24
1.3 AtomicTheory..........................................28 FindOutActivity1-3A:TheBehaviourofGases .................29 ThinkAboutIt1-3B:ThePeopleBehindtheAtom ..............34 Conduct an Investigation 1-3C: Slivers of Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Chapter1Review ............................................38 Chapter 2 Elements are the building blocks of matter. . . . . .40
2.1 Elements...............................................42 Find Out Activity 2-1A: Meet the Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Conduct an Investigation 2-1B: Generating and Burning
HydrogenGas .........................................48 Think About It 2-1C: Essential Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
2.2 ThePeriodicTableandChemicalProperties ..................52 ThinkAboutIt2-2A:PeriodicPuzzle .........................53 Think About It 2-2B: The Modern Periodic Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
2.3 ThePeriodicTableandAtomicTheory ......................64 ThinkAboutIt2-3A:LookingforPatternsinAtoms .............65 ConductanInvestigation2-3B:FlamingMetalIons ..............68
Chapter2Review ............................................72 Chapter 3 Elements combine to form compounds. . . . . . . . . . .74
3.1 Compounds ............................................76 FindOutActivity3-1A:TheSynthesisofOxygen ................77 Conduct an Investigation 3-1B: The Synthesis and Detection
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of Copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81