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Atoms, Elements and Isotopes Flashcards

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What is the size of an atom?

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  • 0.1 Nanometers
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What is an atom made up of?

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  • Electrons
  • Protons
  • Neutrons
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What is the overall charge of an atom?

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  • Zero
  • Neutral
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What is the charge of a proton?

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  • +1
  • Positive
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What is the charge of a neutron?

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  • 0
  • Neutral
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What is the charge of an electron?

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  • -1
  • Negative
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What is the mass of a neutron?

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  • ‘1’
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What is the mass of an electron?

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  • ‘Very small’
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What is the mass of a proton?

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  • ‘1’
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What is an element made up of?

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  • One type of atom
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What does the atomic mass number represent?

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  • Amount of protons
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What does the mass number represent?

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  • Amount of protons and neutrons
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How do you calculate the amount of electrons?

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  • There are the same amount of protons as neutrons
  • Protons = Electrons
  • This does not apply for ions
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What is the max amount of electrons that can be held in each shell of an atom?

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  • 2,8,8
  • First shell 2
  • Rest 8
  • When one fills up, move to the next
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Sodium has 11 electrons.
How would you draw an atom for sodium?

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  • Circle in the middle for nucleus and protons
  • 3 shells
  • First shell 2 electrons
  • Second shell 8 electrons
  • Third shell 1 electron
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How can you tell which is the atomic mass number and which is the mass number?

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  • The atomic mass number is always smaller
17
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How do you calculate the amount of neutrons?

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  • Mass number - atomic mass number
18
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Oxygen has the mass number of 16 and atomic mass of 8.
How many protons, electrons and neutrons does it have?

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  • Electrons = 8 ( 8 = 8 )
  • Protons = 8 ( atomic mass )
  • Neutrons = 8 ( 16 - 8 )
19
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What is an ion?

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  • An atom with a positive or negative charge
  • e.g H+ Na+ Ca2+ F− O2−
20
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How does an atom have a positive or negative charge?

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  • Losing an electron = Positive
  • Gaining an electron = Negative

Remember; an electron has -1 charge, if you gain a -1, the number decreases, if you get rid of a -1, the number increases.

21
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Magnesium has 12 electrons.
It gains one electron, what charge is it?

22
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Fluorine has 9 electrons.
It loses one electron, what charge is it?

23
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What is an isotope?

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  • Different amount of neutrons of the same element
  • e.g Carbon-12 Carbon-13
24
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What is the equation for relative atomic mass?

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  • Relative atomic mass = isotope abundance x isotope mass number / 100
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Lithium-4 has an abundance of 20% and Lithium-5 has an abundance of 80%. What is the relative atomic mass?
- ( 4 x 20 ) x ( 5 x 80 ) - 80 x 400 - 32000 - 32000 / 100 - 320 relative atomic mass
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Before the discovery of electrons, what did scientists think atoms were?
- Small solid spheres
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What was the first model of the atom?
- Plum Pudding - Spherical cloud of positive charge - Electrons spread throughout
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Who created the Plum Pudding model?
- John Dalton
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Why was the Plum Pudding model incorrect?
- Neutrons existed
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What is the Nuclear model?
- A positive charged nucleus - Surrounded by scattered electrons
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How was the Nuclear model discovered?
- Fired positively charged alpha particles thin gold foil - If the Plum Pudding model were correct, all alpha particles would pass through - Some particles reflected - Nucleus reflected alpha particles theory
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Who created the Nuclear model?
- Ernest Rutherford and Ernest Marsden
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Why was the Nuclear model incorrect?
- Without electron shells, the atom would collapse
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What is the Bohr's Nuclear model?
- The Nuclear model with electron shells - Electrons orbit the nucleus
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Who created Bohr's Nuclear model?
- Neils Bohr
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What are the differences between the Plum Pudding model and Nuclear model?
- Existence of a nucleus

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