C1 - Atomic Structure And The Periodic Table Flashcards

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What is the definition of an element?

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A substance where all atoms are the same

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What is the definition of a compound?

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A substance containing 2 or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportions

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What is the definition of a mixture?

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Different compounds and elements that are however not chemically combined

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If you want to separate a mixture you can use a chemical/ physical seperating technique?

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Physical

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What are 4 physical methods of seperating a mixture?

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Filtration
Crystallisation
Distillation
Chromatography

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What is the definition of a molecule?

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A molecule is any elements chemically combined
Eg O^2

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Filtration is used to separate an insoluble/ soluble solid from a liquid/gas

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Insoluble solid
Liquid

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What three pieces of equipment are needed to perform filtration?

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Conical flask
Filter paper
Filter funnel

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Crystallisation is used to separate an insoluble/ soluble solid from a liquid.

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Soluble solid

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What does the state symbol (aq) mean?

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Dissolved in water

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How can we make crystallisation happen faster?

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Gently heat the solution

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12
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What are the 2 main stages of simple distillation?

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Evaporation and condensation

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13
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What is fractional distillation used for?

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To separate a range of different liquids

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14
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In fractional distillation the liquids must have different _________ points.

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Boiling

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When the thermometer temperature is rising steadily in fractional distillation, what does this mean?

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There is a mixture of the liquids condensing into the beaker

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When the temperature on the thermometer stops rising in fractional distillation what does this mean.

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One of the liquids is condensing as a pure substance

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17
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What is a solvent?

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A liquid that will dissolve substances

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18
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What do we call the paper in chromatography?

The __________ phase

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Stationary

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19
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What do we call the solvent during paper chromatography?

The ______ phase

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The mobile phase
Because it moves

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In paper chromatography…
A pure/ impure compound will produce a single spot in all solvents.

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Pure

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True or false

In paper chromatography…

A more soluble substance travels less far along the mobile phase than a substance that is less soluble.

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False, a more soluble substance travels further than a substance that is less soluble.

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In paper chromatography…
Why do we draw the starting line in pencil and not in pen?

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Because the pen ink could dissolve in the solvent and move up the paper

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Why did Rutherford use gold in his alpha particle scattering experiment?

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Gold can be hammered into very thin few only a few atoms thick

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Alpha particles has a negative/positive charge.

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Positive

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Who proposed the plum pudding model?
J . J Rutherford
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Who proposed that electrons orbit the nucleus at specific distances?
Niels Bohr
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What do we call the orbits of electrons?
Shells
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Who discovered that the nucleus also contains neutral particles?
James Chadwick
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What is the radius of an atom?
0.1 nanometres
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How many metres (in standard form) is 0.1 nanometres?
1 x 10^ -10 m
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What is the radius of a nucleus in an atom? In metres
1 x 10 ^ -14 m
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What is the relative charge of a proton?
+1
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What is the relative charge of a neutron?
0
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What is the relative charge of an electron?
-1
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The number of protons in an atom, are___ greater/equal/less___ than the number of electrons in the atom.
Equal
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What is the overall charge of an atom?
0
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What is the relative mass of a proton?
1
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What is the relative mass of a neutron?
1
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What is the relative mass of an electron?
Nearly 0 Very small
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All the atoms of the same element all have the same number of neutrons/ electrons/ protons.
Protons
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When an atom contains a different number of neutrons to other atoms of the same element, what is this atom called?
An isotope
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What are ions?
Ions are atoms which have an overall charge because they have lost or gained electrons.
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What does the word abundance mean in regards to how common each isotope is?
It means how common each isotope is
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What is the equation to calculate relative atomic mass?
(Mass no x percentage abundance of is 1) + (Mass no x percentage abundance of is 2) _______________________________________________________________________ 100
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The larger/ smaller of the 2 numbers either side of the element in the periodic table is the atomic number.
Smaller
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How many electrons can the first shell in an atom hold? (Max)
2
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How many electrons can the second shell in an atom hold? (Max)
8
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The number of electrons in the outer shell of the atom tells us the____ mass/ atomic/ group/element number of that element in the periodic table.
It tells us the group number
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What group of the periodic table are elements with a full outer shell found in?
Group 0
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What is the name for group 0 in the periodic table?
The noble gases
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Who developed the first modern periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev
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In the modern periodic table the elements are arranged in order of…
Atomic number
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Atomic number is the no of neutrons/protons/electrons in the atom.
No of protons
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What kind of ions do metals always form?
Metals always form positive ions
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What are the group 1 elements called in the periodic table?
They are called the alkali metals
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All group 1 metals have ___ electron in their outer shell.
1
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Are group 1 metals hard or soft?
Soft
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Group 1 metals react slowly/ quickly with oxygen.
Quickly
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What can be observed during the reaction of lithium with water?
Fizzing, alkali pH
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What can we observe during the reaction the reaction of sodium with water?
Fizzing, alkaline pH
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What can we observe during the reaction of potassium with water?
Extremely rapid, fizzing, catching fire, alkaline pH
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What does effervescence mean?
Fizzing/ bubbles in a liquid
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In covalent bonding, electrons are_______.
Shared
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What are the group 7 elements called?
The halogens
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The melting and boiling points increase/decrease as we move down group 7.
Increase
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Fluorine and chlorine are both solids/liquids/gases at room temperature sine their boiling points are lower than room temperature.
Gases
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Do the molecules get smaller or bigger moving down group 7?
Bigger
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Are the halogen metals or non metals?
Non- metals
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What is an ion?
An ion is an atom with an overall charge
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What is the most reactive element in group 7?
Fluorine
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Do the halogens get more or less reactive as we move down group 7?
They get less reactive
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A ______ reactive halogen can displace a _____ reactive halogen from and aqueous solution of its salt.
More, less
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We find metals on the ____ side of the periodic table.
Left
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We find non metals on the _____ side of the periodic table.
Right
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All of the ______ elements are metals.
Transition elements
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Do alkali metals have a low or high density?
Low density
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Are alkali metals soft or hard metals?
Soft metals
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Are the transition metals soft or hard?
Hard metals
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Do transition elements have high or low melting points?
High melting points
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Do transition elements have a high or low density?
High density
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What is copper used to make?
Used to make pipes to carry water
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What colour is iron oxide?
Reddish
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What colour is copper sulphate?
Blue
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What is a catalyst?
Chemical added to increase the rate of reaction is however not used up in the reaction.