CHM 110 Week 1 DQs

What is chemistry? Why is chemistry important to you? Why is it important to society?

What falls under the realm of chemistry and does not fall under the realm of physics? Given a list of the natural sciencesmathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and ecologywhere does one science end and another begin?

Given that there are only 92 naturally occurring elements (ranging from hydrogen at the lightest end to uranium at the heaviest), why is there such a diversity of substances in the natural world?

What is the importance of the fact that water exists in all three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) on the surface of the planet?

Energy must be expended to maintain order in any system (entropy). It occurs in natural materials (solid, liquid, and gas) and in your life. What is an example of energy from your everyday experience?