Atoms, Ions & Molecules

Question 1

What is an Atom

Answer 1

The smallest most basic unit of matter

Question 2

What is an Atom made of?

Answer 2

Protons, Neutrons, and electrons.

Question 3

What charges do each of the components of an atom have?

Answer 3

Protons positive
Neutrons Neutral
Elections Negative

Question 4

What makes up and atoms nucleus?

Answer 4

Protons and neutrons

Question 5

What do you call atoms that have lost or gained and electron?

Answer 5

Ions

Question 6

If an atom gains an electron it is a

Answer 6

negatively charged ion

Question 7

If an atom loses an electron it is a

Answer 7

positively charged ion

Question 8

Oppositely charged atoms bond via

Answer 8

Ionic bonds

Question 9

Covalent bonds

Answer 9

form when atoms share electrons

Question 10

What determine the which element an atom is?

Answer 10

The number of protons

Question 11

Two or more atoms bonded together form a ______

Answer 11

Molecule

Question 12

Two or more different elements bonded together form a _______

Answer 12

compound

Question 13

How do electrons effect the properties of elements?

Answer 13

Electron determine how reactive an element is. Either by effecting the charge of an atom by become an ion, or by not filling the outermost energy level and allowing for Covalent bonding.

Question 14

What are isotopes?

Answer 14

Atoms of the same element with different masses due to a different number of neutrons.