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Organic, electro, nuclear, thermo, and food. What do these words have in common, other than sounding like the misfit members of a hilarious crime-fighting squad? They're different types of chemistry! (Seriously: stick any of these words in front of "chemistry" and you'll get a real subject.) If these guys pique your interest, check out our guide to the AP Chemistry exam.
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We'd need you guessed it Chemistry possibly the greatest subject
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in the world Where else can you mix mysterious chemicals
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and watch them explode Like congressional sessions and the jon
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stewart show chemistry is the study of opposite Chemistry is
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divided into many different branches organic chemistry electoral chemistry nuclear
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chemistry thermo chemistry food chemistry and so on But ultimately
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all chemistry boils down to just one idea Attraction and
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repulsion for example when two particles are really attracted to
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each other they bond kind of like you and your
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b f f But when particles are repelled they make
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sure to stay apart from one another thiss process is
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called reacting explosions colored smoke and bubbles They're all reactions
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caused by the basic concepts of attraction and repulsion The
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only elements that never ever react are the noble gases
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They are the saints of the periodic table immune to
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feelings of attraction and repulsion The compatibility of two particles
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determined by their zodiac signs of course defines their physical
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and chemical properties It makes them unique If you take
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ap chemistry you will be able to explain to your
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friends that someone did not puke all over the statue
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of liberty It's green hue can be attributed to the
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chemical reaction between copper and water Drink a whole jug
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of saltwater to test your soluble ity rule fuse helium
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and hydrogen and outer space to create your very own
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star on and even wear a lab coat and dorky
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goggles while singing the bill nye theme song If you
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decide not to take a pee cam don't blame us
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for what happens next It's Not our fault If you
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swallow twelve mueller hydrochloric acid and die a painful blistering
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acidic death with our ap exam Online prep you will
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receive extreme topic review practice drills practice exams exclusive test
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taking tips and oh so much more all to join
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us on the moler mass past and over The reaction
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river as you journey through ap chemistry you just might 00:02:25.38 --> [endTime] find yourself in your element Uh shmoop you later
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