AP Chemistry Vocabulary Chapter 1-4,9
analytical chemistry the area of chemistry that focuses on the composition of matter applied chemistry research that is directed toward a practical goal or application biochemistry the area of chemistry that focuses on processes that take place in organisms biotechnology the field that applies science to the production of biological products or processes chemistry the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes experiment a repeatable procedure that is used to test a hypothesis hypothesis a proposed explanation for an observation inorganic chemistry the study of substances that, in general, do not contain carbon macroscopic describes the world of objects that are large enough to see with the unaided eye matter