Chapter 1, Problem 16A

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The reason due to which chemistry cannot be learned by just memorizing the facts needs to be explained.

Concept Introduction: It is known that all matter is made of chemicals; the importance of chemistry is that it's the study of everything.Chemistry is all about how something interacts to affect the structure, composition, as well as knowing properties of substances.

Answer to Problem 16A

Chemistry is not one of those subjects because it is not something that can simply be memorized. This subject teaches you about process and you cannot memorize all the process. You can only learn it by memorizing thousands of theories or by doing practical or an experiment.

Explanation of Solution

The meaning of Learning chemistry involves questions- how to be objective, how to reason, and solve problems. There are many resources are available to help you learn chemistry such as textbooks, team learning, from trusted websites, etc.

In this subject, there are so many variables & consequences. Also, the answer is dependent upon many different concepts, factors, theories, etc.In chemistry, to get a good grade, you have to do two things- memorize the millions of possible answers and learn the process to solve your answers. This subject uses both, memory and problem-solving skills, that’s this subject is quite hard.

Conclusion

Chemistry is a fundamental science that investigates and studies molecules.