atoms and the periodic table. Johnathan Flashcards

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What are protons?

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Subatomic particle that has a positive charge. Also it’s found nucleus of an atom.

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What is a nucleus?

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A central region of a atom and it’s made up of protons and neutrons.

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What are neutrons?

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Has no charge and is found in the nucleus of an atom.

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What are electrons?

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Has negative charge and also is a subatomic particle.

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What is orbital?

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In a atom there is a high probability of finding electrons.

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What is valence electron?

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Electron founded in the outside shell of an atoms. It also determines the atoms chemical properties.

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What is a periodic law?

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Electron found in the outer shell and determines the elects chemical property

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What is a period?

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Row of elects on chart

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What is a group?

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Column of elements on chart?

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What is a ion?

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Adam or group of atoms that wins or loses an electron changing the charge to either positive or negative.

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What is the atomic number?

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The number of protons and electrons in a atom?

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What is a mass number

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Proton plus nuetrons

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What is a isotope

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Atom with the same number of protons as the other of the same element but different number of neutrons

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What is the atomic mass unit (amu)?

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Describes the mass of an atom or molicule, it is 1/12 of the mass of a carbon atom with a mass number of 12

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What is the average atomic mass?

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Weighted average of masses of all naturally isotopes of an element.

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What is a metal?

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Element that is shiny and conducts heat and electricity well.

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What is a nonmetal?

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Element that conducts heat and electricity poorly.

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What are semiconductors?

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Element of compound than can conduct electric current better than an insulator but not as well as a conductor.

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What are alkali metals.

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An element of group one of the periodic table.

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What is a alkaline earth metal?

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An element of group 2 of the periodic table.

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What are transition metals?

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An element of groups 3-12 on the periodic table.

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What are halogens?

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An element of group 17 on the periodic table.

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What are noble gases?

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Up reactive element of group 18 on the periodic table.

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What is a mole?

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Si bas unit of a substance whose numbers of particles is the same as the number of atoms.of carbon in 12g of carbon.

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What is Avoadros constant?

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6.022 X 10^23/mol number of particles in 1 mol

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What is molar mass?

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Mass in grams of 1 mol of a substance.

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What are conversion factors?

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Ratio that derived from the equality of two different units and ca be used to convert one unit to another.