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1 Atomic Structure Flashcards

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1
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Define atom

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The smallest part of an element that can still be recognised as that element

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2
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Define element

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A substance made of only one type of atom

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3
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Define compound

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A substance made of two or more different atoms chemically bonded together

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Define molecule

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A substance made of more than one atom chemically bonded together (can be atoms of the same type!)

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5
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Define mixture

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A substance made of more than one thing not chemically bonded together

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6
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State the three subatomic particles

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Protons, neutrons, electrons

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7
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State the masses of the subatomic particles

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Protons: 1, neutrons: 1, electrons: 0

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8
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State the relative charges of the subatomic particles

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Protons: +1, neutrons: 0, electrons: -1

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9
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How are the subatomic particles arranged in an atom? (3 marks)

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Protons and neutrons in the nucleus, electrons orbiting in shells

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10
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What is the plum pudding model of the atom?

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A ball of positive charge with negative electrons studded into it

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11
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What did the gold foil (Rutherford Scattering) experiment prove?

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That atoms have dense nucleuses with a positive charge

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12
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What is the atomic number of an atom?

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The number of protons in an atom

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What is the mass number of an atom?

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The number of protons + the number of neutrons in an atom

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14
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How do you calculate the number of neutrons in an atom?

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Mass number - atomic number

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15
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How are the electrons arranged in atoms?

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Orbiting the nucleus in shells

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16
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How many electrons can go in the first shell?

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2

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17
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How many electrons can go in the second and third shells?

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8

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18
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What is an ion?

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an atom which has lost or gained electron(s)

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19
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What are all substances made of?

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Atoms

20
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What is an isotope?

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An atom of the same element with a different number of neutrons.

21
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Where are neutrons found?

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In the nucleus

22
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Where are protons found?

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In the nucleus

23
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Where are electrons found?

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Orbiting the nucleus in shells

24
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If an element has an atomic number of 6, what does this tell you about the atom?

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There are 6 protons in the nucleus

25
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An element has a mass number of 23 and a mass number of 11. How many protons are there? How many neutrons are there?

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11 protons, 12 neutons

26
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How does an atom become a positive ion?

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loses an electron

27
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How does an atom become a negative ion?

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Gains an electron

28
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Who discovered the electron?

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J.J. Thomson

29
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The same element must always have the same number of…?

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Protons

30
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What is the majority of the mass of an atom?

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The nucleus, as the mass of an electron is almost zero compared to the mass of protons and neutrons

31
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What was Dalton’s theory about the atom?

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all matter is made of small invisible units called atoms

32
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What was Thomson’s theory about the atom?

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He discovered the electron and therefore knew the atom was made up of charged particles. He introduced the Plum Pudding Model

33
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What was Rutherford’s theory about the atom?

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following the alpha particle scattering experiment he update the plum pudding model to the Nuclear Model; that most of the mass of the atom was concentrated in the nucleus which carries a positive charge

34
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What was Bohr’s theory about the atom?

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Bohr updated the Nuclear model to show that electrons orbit the nucleus in certain energy levels

35
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What was Chadwick’s theory about the atom?

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discovered the neutron

36
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Why did the discovery of electrons mean that Dalton’s model of the atom needed to be updated?

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That atoms were not the smallest thing anymore, as the electron was smaller than the atom

37
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What is the difference between a mixture and a compound?

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In a compound the elements are chemically bonded. They are not chemically bonded in a mixture

38
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How can an atom become and ion with a 2+ charge?

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Loses two electrons

39
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Explain the overall charge on an atom.

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The overall charge will be neutral as there are the same number of protons (with a positive charge) as electrons (with a negative charge). Making the atom have no overall charge.

40
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What is a reactant?

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The substances you start with in a chemical reaction.

41
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What is a product?

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The substances made in a chemical reaction.

42
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When is an equation balanced?

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When there are the same number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation.

43
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What does the state symbol (s) mean?

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The substance is solid

44
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What does the state symbol (l) mean?

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The substance is liquid

45
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What does the state symbol (g) mean?

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The substance is a gas

46
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What does the state symbol (aq) mean?

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The substance is aqueous

47
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What does aqueous mean?

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The substance can be dissolved in water.

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