Chapter 4 Definitions

Question 1

Matter

Answer 1

Anything with mass and volume

Question 2

Metals

Answer 2

Good conductors of heat and electricity
Ductile and malleable
Shiny and usually grey
All but one is solid at room temp

Question 3

Non metal

Answer 3

Not metals
Some solid some gas
Only bromine is liquid at room temp

Question 4

Mettaloids

Answer 4

Properties in between metal and non metal

Question 5

Ion

Answer 5

An atom or group of atoms that had lost or gained electrons

Question 6

Atom

Answer 6

Smallest particle in matter

Question 7

Chemical equation

Answer 7

Words or symbols and formulas that describe the changes that occur during a chemical reaction

Question 8

Compound

Answer 8

Pure substances made of two or more elements that are combined together chemically

Question 9

Element

Answer 9

Substance that cannot be broken down into any simpler substance by chemicalmeans

Question 10

Electron

Answer 10

Subatomic particle that has a negative charge of 1-

Question 11

Shell

Answer 11

Cloud like energy level that surrounds the nucleus of an atom occupied by one or more electrons