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Atoms and the Periodic Table Study guide Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Matter

A

Has mass and takes up space

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2
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Physical Property

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Can be observed or measured without changing samples composition

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3
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Examples of Physical Property

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Color
odor
hardness
Density
Melting point
Boiling point
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4
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Chemical Property

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Ability or inability of a substance to combine or change with or into one or more new substances

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5
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Chemical properties include

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Flammability
Rust
Reactivity

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6
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Physical Change

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Alters substance but not composition

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7
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Examples of Physical Change

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Cutting
Breaking
Crushing
Melting
Dissolving
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8
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Chemical Change

A

one or more substances that change into new substances

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9
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Signs of Chemical Change

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Change in Color
Formation of gas
Formation of solid
Production of light or heat

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10
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Law of Conservation of Mass

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Mass can’t be created nor destroyed

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element

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Pure substance that cannot be broken into simpler substances by chemical or physical means

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Compound

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two or more different elements can be broken down by chemical means with different properties
EX. sugar

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13
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Substance

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Matter that has a uniform and definite composition

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14
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Examples of substances

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Gold
Sugar
Sodium Chloride

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15
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Chemical or Physical?

Water to ice

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Physical

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16
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Chemical or Physical?

Burning a piece of toast

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Chemical

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17
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Chemical or Physical?

Baking Cupcakes

18
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Chemical or Physical?

Crushing Ice

19
Q

Chemical or Physical?

Dissolving Water

20
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Chemical or Physical?

Melting ice

21
Q

Chemical or Physical?

Burning match

22
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Proton

A

In the nucleus

Positive Charge

23
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Neutron

A

In the nucleus

No charge

24
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Electron

A

Outside the Nucleus

Negative Charge

25
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Atomic Number

A

Number of Protons

corner number in the symbol box

26
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Mass number

A

Number of protons and neutrons

27
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isotope

A

Same element different number of neutrons

28
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Electromagnetic Radiation spectrum

A

all forms of Electromagnetic radiation

only differences in types of radiation, frequencies, and wavelength

29
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Valence Electrons

A

Electrons on the outside that determines chemical properties of an element

30
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What did Democritus contribute

A

Unable to cut an atom

31
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What did Goldstein contribute

A

Discovered Protons

32
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What did Thomson contribute

A

Plum Pudding model

used to cathode ray tubes to discover the electron

33
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What did Rutherford contribute

A

Inventor of the nuclear model proved it with the gold foil experiment

34
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What did Bohr contribute

A

How electrons orbit

said that the closer to the nucleus the less energy was needed

35
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What did Chadwick contribute

A

Existence of neutrons

36
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What did Schrodinger contribute

A

the equation of energy of atoms

37
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What did Mendeleev contribute

A

Periodic table

38
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Ionizing

A

Radiation with enough energy to remove electrons from atoms producing ions
can damage DNA or cause Cancer

39
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Examples of ionizing

A

Alpha
Beta
UV
Gamma Rays

40
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Non-ionizing

A

Radiation that doesn’t remove electrons

41
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Examples of Non-ionizing

A

Visible light
infrared
radio waves
microwaves

42
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Daltons atomic theory

A

Chemical reactions occur when atoms are separated, joined, or rearranged

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