Atoms

Question 1

What is an Isotope?

Answer 1

An atom that either loses or gains neutrons, changing the atoms mass number but not atomic number.

Can be written as Carbon -13.

Question 2

What happens to unstable isotopes?

Answer 2

Called radioisotopes.

Release radioactive energy.

Used in the field on nuclear medicine (cancer treatments, CT scans, etc.)

Question 3

What is an inert atom?

Answer 3

A non reactive atom.
Outer valence shell is full, no vacancies
Stable.

Question 4

Ionic Bond

Answer 4

A metal atom transfers electrons to a nonmetal atom to create positively charged cations and negatively charged anions that then bond to form a molecule.

Question 5

What is the strongest type of bond?

Answer 5

Covalent bonds

Question 6

What is an atom?

Answer 6

the smallest unit of matter that is non-divisible by chemical means.

Question 7

What are the smaller components that make up an atom?

Answer 7

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

Question 8

What is the atomic number of an atom?

Answer 8

The number of protons in the nucleus of the atom.

Question 9

What is atomic mass?

Answer 9

The number of protons plus neutrons in an atom

Question 10

How many electrons are in each orbital of an atom?

Answer 10

1st orbital - 2

2nd orbital - 8

3rd orbital - up to 18, but satisfied with 8