Big Idea 1 Flashcards
Structure of Matter
Atomic Symbol

What is a pure substance?
Substance cannot be broken down (in simplest form)
What is a compound?
Pure substance composed of two or more different elements in a fixed ratio
What is a molecule?
Simplest group of bonded atoms
What is a hydrate?
What is an anhydrate?
Contains fixed number of water molecules
No associated water molecules
What is a mixture?
The formation of two or more pure substances
What is an homogenous mixture?
What is an heterogenous mixture?
Mixture where properties are uniform
EX. Milk
Mixture where properties are not uniform (have different regions with different properties)
EX. Sugar and Sand
What is Thomas’s “Plum Pudding” Model?

What did Thompson work on?
Cathode Ray Tubes
What is Rutherford’s “Gold Foil Experiment” Model?

How and What did Rutherford find in his experiment?
How:Rutherford beamed alpha particles at gold foil
What: Found there was a dense, positively charged nucleus in the center of an atom
What are electron orbitals?
3-D regions surrounding the nucleus
What is Electromagnetic radiation?
What is a photon?
Radiant energy that is composed of oscillating electric and magnetic fields
Unit of Electromagnetic radiation
What is the Bohr Model?
What is the limitation of this Model?
It only represented the Hydrogen atom

What is Schrodinger’s Model?

What is the shape of the s-orbital?

What is the shape of the p-orbital?

What is the shape of the d-orbital?

What happens during Combustion?
What are reactants & products?
Usually a rapid reaction that often produces a flame
Reactants: Oxygen
Products: CO2 and H2O
Steps to Calculate Combustion
- Calculate moles of carbon from the mass of CO2
- Calulate moles of hydrogen from the mass of H2O
- Compare mole ratios and determine empirical formula
What is the Aufbau Principle?
Each electron in a ground state atom occupies the lowest energy orbital available

What is Hund’s Rule?
In the ground state, electrons occupy each orbital in a subshell singely before pairing up

What is the Pauli Exclusion Principle?
A single orbital cannot hold two spin-up or spin-down electrons. They can only exist together if they have oppostie spins.

What is Ferromagnetism?
The permanent magnetism exhibited by some solid metals
