C1: Atomic Structure

Question 1

What is the period table arranged in?

Answer 1

groups and periods

Question 2

What does each block contain?

Answer 2

mass number and proton number of each element

Question 3

What is the proton number?

Answer 3

how many protons are in the nucleus of the element

Question 4

All electrons are?

Answer 4

negative

Question 5

All protons are?

Answer 5

positive

Question 6

What are neutrons?

Answer 6

carry no charge

Question 7

What is an element?

Answer 7

a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means

Question 8

What is it composed of?

Answer 8

atoms with the same atomic number

Question 9

What is a compound?

Answer 9

a substance comprised of two or more elements

Question 10

What do compounds have?

Answer 10

fixed composition, need chemical reactions to separate, chemical bonds between atoms

Question 11

What do mixtures have?

Answer 11

no fixed composition, easier to separate, no chemical bonds between atoms

Question 12

What is Fitration?

Answer 12

Poor mixture through filter paper

Question 13

What is filteration?

Answer 13

separates insolvable substances from a mixture

Question 14

What is crystallisation?

Answer 14

separates a solute from a solution

Question 15

What is distillation?

Answer 15

separates a solvent from a solution, removing the solute

Question 16

How do you work out the number of neutrons?

Answer 16

Mass number minus the number of protons

Question 17

What is an ion?

Answer 17

Has a charge, has a different number of electrons

Question 18

What is an isotope?

Answer 18

either heavier or lighter, has a different mass

Question 19

What is an atom?

Answer 19

Smallest possible thing that can exist on its own

Question 20

What is a subatomic particle?

Answer 20

anything smaller then an atom