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Chemical Changes And Structure #2: Periodic Table & Atomic Structure Flashcards

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1
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How are elements in the periodic table arranged?

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In order of increasing atomic number

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2
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What can the periodic table be used to determine?

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Whether an element is a metal or a non-metal

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3
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What can we do with the electron arrangement of the first 20 elements?

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Write them

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4
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What does an atom have?

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A nucleus

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5
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How many types of atom are in each element?

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6
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What does a nucleus contain?

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  • protons and neutrons
  • electrons that orbit the nucleus
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7
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What is the charge of a proton?

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One-positive

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8
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What is the charge of a neutron?

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Neutral

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9
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What is the charge of an electron?

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One-negative

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10
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What is the relative weight / amu of a proton?

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11
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What is the relative weight / amu of an electron?

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Almost zero

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12
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What is the relative weight / amu of a neutron?

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1

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13
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Where is the proton?

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In the nucleus

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14
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Where is the neutron?

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In the nucleus

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15
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Where is the electron? Why?

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Orbiting the nucleus, it is negatively charged and so attracted to the positive nucleus - opposites attract

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16
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What is relative weight?

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Atomic mass (amu)

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17
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Atomic number =

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Number of protons , number of electrons

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18
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Mass number =

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Number of protons and neutrons

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19
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How do we find the number of neutrons?

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Mass number - atomic number

20
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What is the charge of the nucleus?

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Positive, because it’s positively and neutrally charged

21
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What is nuclide notation used to show?

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The atomic number, mass number (and charge) of atoms (ions) from which the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons can be determined

22
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What is an isotope? (test question)

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Atoms of the same element that have the same atomic number but a different mass number

23
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Isotopes have the exact same…

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Chemical properties as other atoms

24
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What does it mean that isotopes have a different mass number?

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Of the 118 atoms, some are heavier because they have a different amount of neutrons and so different mass numbers.

25
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If atoms of the same element can have a different amount of neutrons, what else must be different?

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Their mass

26
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How do chemists use an average mass of the atoms in an element for calculations?

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They take into account different isotopes and their relative abundance

27
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What do elements in a group in the periodic table have in common?

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Similar chemical properties

28
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5 Properties of alkali metals

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  • Very reactive
  • Soft
  • Stored under oil
  • Reaction with H20 = Alkaline solution
  • Reaction with oxygen = metal oxide
29
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4 properties of the transition metals

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  • hard and dense
  • less reactive
  • used as catalysts
  • form coloured compounds
30
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5 properties of the halogens

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  • diatomic elements
  • All toxic
  • flourine added to toothpaste to prevent decay
  • chlorine sterilises swimming pools
  • iodine treats wounds
31
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2 Properties of noble gases

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  • not reactive at all
  • least reactive of all the elements
32
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Ways to remember how to work out nuclide notation

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Atomic number = protons = electrons
Mass number = protons + neutrons
Neutrons = mass number - atomic number

33
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What does RAM take into account?

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Different isotopes and their relative abundance

34
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Why do elements in a group have similar chemical properties?

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They have the same number of outer electrons

35
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How many electrons can the first energy level hold?

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2

36
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How many electrons can the 2nd and 3rd energy levels hold?

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8 each

37
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How are elements arranged in periods?

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In order of increasing atomic number

38
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When are ions formed?

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When atoms gain or lose electrons

39
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What happens when an atom gains an electron?

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It becomes a negatively charged ion

40
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What happens when an atom loses an electron?

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It becomes a positively charged ion

41
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Non metals gain electrons to become…

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negatively charged ions

42
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Metals lose electrons to become…

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Positively charged ions

43
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What do atoms achieve by forming ions?

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The same arrangement as the nearest noble gas

44
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Why are noble gases unreactive?

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They have a stable outer electron arrangement

45
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Something to note about group 7

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Reactive non-metals

46
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Something to note about Group 8

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Un-reactive non-metals

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