Chemical Basis of Life Flashcards
ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND OCCUPIES SPACE
MATTER
SIMPLE FORM OF MATTER, SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES
ELEMENT
ATOMS OF TWO OR MORE ELEMENTS JOINED TO FORM CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS
COMPOUND
ATOMS CONTAINING DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUBATOMIC PARTICLES
ATOMIC STRUCTURE
DIFFERENT SUBATOMIC PARTICLES
PROTONS, NEUTRONS, ELECTRONS
NUMBER OF PROTONS IN AN ATOM’S NUCLEUS AND IDENTIFIES THE KIND OF ELEMENT
ATOMIC NUMBER
THE MASS OF A SINGLE ATOM AND IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS IN A NUCLEUS (P+N)
ATOMIC WEIGHT
THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS = THE NUMBER OF PROTONS (IN A STABLE ATOM)
ENERGY LEVELS
CONTAIN THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROTONS BUT DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF NEUTRONS. THEY HAVE THE SAME ATOMIC NUMBER AND THE SAME BASIC CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AS ANY OTHER ATOM OF THE SAME ELEMENT, BUT HAVE DIFFERENT ATOMIC WEIGHTS
ISOTOPES
TWO OR MORE ATOMS JOINED TOGETHER
MOLECULES
MOLECULES FORMED BY ATOMS OF TWO OR MORE ELEMENTS
COMPOUND
THREE TYPES OF BONDS
COVALENT, IONIC, HYDROGEN
FORMED BY SHARING OF ELECTRON PAIRS BETWEEN ATOMS
COVALENT
WEAKER THAN COVALENT AND IONIC BONDS, RESULTING IN UNEQUAL CHARGE DISTRIBUTION ON MOLECULES
HYDROGEN
FORMED BY TRANSFER OF ELECTRONS; STRONG ELECTROSTATIC FORCE THAT BINDS POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY CHARGED IONS TOGETHER
IONIC