Chapter 5-6 vocab

Question 1

Atomic radius

Answer 1

distance between two atoms

Question 2

Pauli exclusion Principle

Answer 2

Two electrons of the same atom cannot have similar values

Question 3

Cation

Answer 3

More protons than electrons making it +

Question 4

Spectrum

Answer 4

Wave lengths of electromagnetic radiation that is absorbed by an atom

Question 5

Electronegativity

Answer 5

Chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom or group to attach electrons

Question 6

Electrons

Answer 6

A negatively charged sub atomic particle

Question 7

Group

Answer 7

Elements with similar characteristics

Question 7

Ionization energy

Answer 7

the amount of energy it takes to remove an electron

Question 7

electron configuration

Answer 7

A symbolic notation in which the electrons of it’s atoms are distributed over different atomic orbitals

Question 8

electron affinity

Answer 8

The amount of energy released when an electron is added to a neutral atom to form an anion.

Question 9

metal

Answer 9

an element that form positive ions and has metallic bonds

Question 10

energy levels

Answer 10

fixed distances from the nucleus of an atom where electrons may be found

Question 11

molecule

Answer 11

made up of one or more atoms

Question 12

non metal

Answer 12

lacks all metallic properties

Question 13

orbital

Answer 13

A way oh showing were the electrons go

Question 14

period

Answer 14

number of electron shells

Question 15

ground state

Answer 15

the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom with lower energy levels

Question 16

transition metal

Answer 16

Elements that have some similar characteristics to metals