Chapter 6: Relationships and Patterns in Chemistry Flashcards

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who came up with the idea of conservation of mass?

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Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier

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who said this: “Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed”

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Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier

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Johann Döbereiner realized he could organize certain elements into groups of _____ which he called ______

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three called triads

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Antoine Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois was the first to recognize the ________ of elements

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periodicity

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in what order did Chancourtois organize the elements?

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by atomic weight

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Julius Lothar Meyer published the periodic table based on the _______ of each element?

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valency

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John Newlands noticed that some trends were based of off which number? What was the name of this law?

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8

law of octaves

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Dimitry Mendeleev ordered the periodic table by _______?

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molar mass

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T or F: Mendeleev left empty spots in his table?

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True, he predicted undiscovered elements that would take those places

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def: arranging the elements by increasing aotmic mass produced an observable patter in which similar properties repeat on a regular basis, or periodically

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periodic law

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what were two problems with Mendeleev’s table?

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  1. it didn’t predict the noble gases (they don’t react so it’s hard to discover them)
  2. it couldn’t locate hydrogen, as it fit in multiple places
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12
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who reordered the periodic table based on atomic number?

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Henry Moseley

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13
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what are the elements 93-118 called?

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the trans-uranium elements

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def: horizontal rows on the periodic table, where atomic number increases by one and properties gradually change from one end to the other

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periods

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def: vertical columns on the periodic table, in which elements have similar properties, owing to the similarity of their electron configurations

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groups (families)

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def: groups 1 & 2 (s block) and 13-18 (p-block) on the periodic table, except hydrogen

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main group elements

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def: groups 3-12 on the periodic table, encompassing all the metals of the d and f blocks

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transition metals

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def: two rows of elements generally placed below the main table, comprising the metals of the f block

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inner transition metals

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def: elements Z = 57 through Z = 71, lanthanum through lutetium

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lanthanides

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def: elements Z = 89 through Z = 103, actinium through lawrencium

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actinides

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def: any of an atom’s electrons that can participate in bond formation with other atoms, whether ionically or covalently

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valence electron

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22
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for transition metals, valence electrons are all those _______ the ________, regardless of their principal quantum number

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outside the atom’s noble gas core

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def: any of an atom’s electrons that isn’t a valence electron and that doesn’t participate in bond formation

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core electron

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def: the metallic elements of the periodic table that fall between the transition metals and the metalloids

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post-transition metals

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def: predictable and regular patterns of cyclical change in elemental properties throughout the periodic table, moving either vertically or horizontally

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periodic trends

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def: an expression of the size of an atom, representing the typical distance from the centre of it’s nucleus to the boundary of its electron cloud

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atomic radius

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why can’t we determine the precise size of an atom?

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because the electron cloud does not have distinct boundaries

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def: an estimate of the size of an atom, based on half the distance between covalently bonded atoms

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covalent radius

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def: an estimate of the size of a metal atom, based on half the distance between the nuclei and adjacent atoms in a metal lattice

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metallic radius

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30
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what two factors influence the size of an atom’s electron cloud?

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  • how many energy shells contain electrons

- the amount, nature and separation of charge within the atom

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31
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as the principle quantum number goes up, the number of outermost shells _____ and they get _____ in distance to the nucleus

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goes up and they get further away

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32
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what force are neutrons held together by?

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residual strong force

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33
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T or F: adding more electrons and protons increases the amount of opposite charge in the atom, increasing the nucleus’s inward pull on the valence electrons, making atoms smaller across the table

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True

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def: the repulsive action of inner core electrons on outer valence electrons, effectively reducing the nucleus’s inward pull, causing the atom to increase in size

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shielding effect

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def: the net positive charge experienced by an electron in a multi-electron atom, representing less than the full nuclear charge as inner electrons repel outer electrons, offsetting some of the nucleus’s inward pull

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effective nuclear charge (Zeff)

36
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when metals form cations, what happens to their ionic size?

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it’s smaller than it’s atomic radius

37
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when non-metals form anions, what happens to their ionic size?

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it’s larger than it’s atomic radius

38
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def: the amount of energy required to remove the most loosely held electron from a gaseous atom to form a cation to increase its positive charge

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ionization energy (IE)

39
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generally speaking, each electron is ____ to remove than the last

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harder

40
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as Zeff increases, atoms become ______ and electrons become more ____ to remove, causing an ________ in ionization energy

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atoms become smaller and electrons become more difficult to remove, causing an increase in ionization energy

41
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def: a chemical property that describes an atom’s (or a group of atoms’) ability to attract electrons towards itself

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electronegativity (EN)

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def: the change in energy when an atom gains an electron to form an anion, or when an anion gains another electron, increasing its negative charge

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electron affinity

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the stronger an element attracts electrons, the _____ energy it releases when gaining an electron, making its electron affinity ______

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the more energy releases when gaining an electron, making its electron affinity greater

44
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def: a numerical value representing the difference in the electronegativities of two atoms

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ΔEN

45
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metals have relatively _____ ionization energies

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low

46
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non-metals have relatively _____ electronegativities

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high

47
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non-metals have relatively _____ electron affinities

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high

48
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an ionic bond will form between a metal and a non metal if their ΔEN is greater than _____

A

1.7

49
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a covalent bond will form between two non-metals if their ΔEN value is less than _______

A

1.7

50
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def: a covalent bond between non metal atoms with the same electronegativities, where electron sharing is equal

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non polar covalent bond

51
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a non polar covalent bond forms between two non-metals if their ΔEN value between ____ and _____

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0 and ~ 0.4

52
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def: a covalent bond between two non-metals in which electron sharing is sufficiently unequal that the bond displays significant and meaningful ionic nature

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polar covalent bond

53
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def: the non-integer charge values at the ends of a polar covalent bond, due to the uneven distribution of electron density within the bond

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partial ionic charges

54
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def: a simplified diagram that communicates molecular structure using element’s symbol as well as dots and lines

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Lewis Structure

55
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which two noble gases form compounds?

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xenon and krypton

56
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def: describes an atom’s combining power, often in terms of how many hydrogen atoms it can covalently bond with, or how many chloride anions it can ionically bond with

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valency

57
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rather than lattices, covalent compounds form______

A

separate and distinct molecules

58
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def: any pair of valence electrons that are nonbonding, as atoms don’t share them with other atoms

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lone pair

59
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T or F: Lone pairs may form or disperse because of bond formation

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True

60
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def: an observational rule in chemistry that says the valence shells of the first-period elements hydrogen and helium can hold a maximum of two electrons, never more

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duet rule

61
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which atoms do not obey or exceed the octet rule?

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H, He, Be, B, Al

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def: an observational rule of thumb in chemistry that says main-group elements from periods 2 to 7 seek to have eight electrons in their valence shell

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octet rule

63
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T or F: the central atom in a binary compound is usually the one of lower electronegativity

A

True

64
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def: covalent bonding between two atoms who share more than two electrons

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multiple bonds

65
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def: a configuration of elements from periods 3 to 7, in which their valence shells expand past eight electrons as the central atom, as they can incorporate d orbitals

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expanded octet

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def: different, but equivalent Lewis structures of the same molecule, showing all the possible double bond locations, connected by a double headed arrow

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resonance structures

67
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def: electrons in a molecule, ion or solid metal that aren’t associated with a single atom or covalent bond, allowing them to be covalent to more than two atoms

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delocalized electrons

68
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electron delocalization allows the creation of an _________

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electrical current

69
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def: a model chemists use to predict a molecule’s geometry based on how many groups of electrons surround the central atom, both bonding electrons and lone pairs

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valence shell electron pair repulsion theory

VSEPR

70
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def: a number used in VSEPR theory to predict molecular geometry, that is equal to the number of peripheral atoms plus the number of lone pairs

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steric number

71
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how do you find the steric number?

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peripheral atoms + lone pairs = steric number

72
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def: the superposition or mixing of atomic orbital wave functions to produce new hybrid orbitals with unique shape and energies

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orbital hybridization

73
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def: the strongest type of covalent bond, formed between two atoms when their orbitals overlap head on

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sigma bond

74
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def: a second type of covalent bond that is weaker than a sigma bond, formed between two atoms when their p orbitals are parallel and overlap side on

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pi bond

75
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def: a vector quantity that expresses a bond’s polarity, showing the separation of opposing charges, and the directionality of that separation (a moment)

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bond dipole moment

76
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T or F: A polar bond has a relatively large ΔEN value, producing a bond dipole moment that is not strong
enough to affect behaviour, while a non-polar bond’s ΔEN value produces one that is

A

False

77
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def: a molecule that has an overall, or net dipole moment, because of it’s bond polarities and its molecular geometry

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polar molecule

78
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T or F: Polar molecules must contain polar bonds, but cannot be symmetrical, in both structure and
composition – polar bonds and asymmetrical structure or composition make polar molecules

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True

79
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def: the attractive force that exists between the partial positive charge of one polar molecule and the partial negative charge of another

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dipole-dipole force

80
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def: an electrostatic attraction that forms between the partially positive hydrogen in a highly polarized bond (usually H-N, H-O, and H-F) and the negative lone pair on a nearby atom

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hydrogen bond

81
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def: a weakly attractive force that forms when non polar molecules gain temporary dipole moments

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London dispersion forces