Chapter 3: Atoms

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atom

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fundamental unit of matter

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Democritus

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Greek philosopher who suggested that matter is make up of “indivisible” particles called atoms

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Antoine Lavoisier

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French chemist who observed that the total mass before and after a chemical reaction is the same, or the law of conservation of mass

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John Dalton

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English chemist who introduced the atomic theory

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atomic theory

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a scientific explanation for the nature of matter and chemical reactions

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according to the atomic theory, elements are made up of

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tiny, indivisible particles called atoms

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according to the atomic theory, the atoms of each element are

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unique; atoms of different elements are different

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according to the atomic theory, atoms can join together in whole-number ratios to form

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compounds

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according to the atomic theory, atoms are ________ in chemical reactions

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unchanged

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Dimitri Mendeleev

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Russian scientist who organized the known elements into a table based on their atomic masses and arranged elements with similar properties into columns

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periods

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horizontal rows on the periodic table

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in a period, all elements have the same

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number of electron shells

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the next element in a period has one more

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proton; it is less metallic than its predecessor

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groups

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columns on the periodic table

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in a group, elements have similar

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chemical properties and the same number of valence electrons

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main-group elements

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the left and right-hand blocks of the periodic table

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transition metals

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elements in the middle of the periodic table; tend to be harder and less reactive than the metals in the first two columns

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inner transition elements

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the two additional rows at the bottom of the periodic table

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the first row of the inner transition elements is called the

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lanthanide series; it contains heavier, naturally occuring metals called rare earth metals

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the second row of the inner transition elements is called the

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actinide series; the first few elements (up to uranium) are naturally occuring and the elements after are mostly human-made

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metals

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elements that are solid at room temperature, malleable, and conduct heat and electricity

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nonmetals

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elements found on the upper right side of the periodic table; physical properties vary widely

opposite of metals

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metalloids

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elements in a stairstep pattern between metals and nonmetals; are semi-conductors

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alkali metals

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elements that lie on the far left of the periodic table in column 1A; they are soft metals that react violently with air or moisture

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alkaline earth metals

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elements in column 2A that are also reactive but not as much as alkali metals; they react slowly with water and burn brightly when combined with oxygen

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halogens

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elements in column 7A that exist as diatomic molecules in their elemental form; they react quickly with metals and other nonmetals to form different compounds

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noble gases

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elements in column 8A that are stable and do not react with other elements to form compounds; they are gases at room temperature

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nucleus

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tiny, dense center of an atom

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subatomic particles

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smaller components of an atom - protons, neutrons, and electrons

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proton

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positively charged particle located in the nucleus with a mass of 1.0073 u

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electron

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negatively charged subatomic particle with a mass of 0.0005 u

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neutron

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neutral subatomic particle in the nucleus with a mass of 1.0087 u

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J.J. Thomson

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English physicist credited with the discovery of the electron; assumed that atoms must also contain positive charges to balance the negative charge

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Plum Pudding model

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model of J.J. Thomson’s theory; hypothesized that electrons were spread throughout a positive atomic substance the way blueberries are scatteried in a muffin

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atomic number (Z)

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the number of protons in an atom

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mass number

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the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom

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isotopes

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atoms that have the same atomic number but have different mass numbers

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in an isotope, the mass number is written at the

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upper left-hand side of the chemical symbol; the atomic number is written at the lower left-hand side

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Bohr model

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atomic structure model consisting of the nucleus in the center and electrons surrounding it in orbits

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quantum model

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modern description of electronic behavior; electrons behave both as particles and waves

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because electrons occupy the outer volume of the atom, they can

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sometimes lose or pick up electrons from neighboring atoms to form ions