Chemical Patterns Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Elements are the simplist chemical substance and cannot be broken down, true or false?

A

true

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Each element is made up of one type of atom, true or false?

A

True

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What is a period?

A

A horozontial section of the periodic table containg elements of the same number of elctron shells

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Whats a group?

A

A vertical coloum of the periodic table with similar electron configuration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Whats a property?

A

A characteristic of a substance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Whats an element?

A

A pure substance made up of one kind of atom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Whats a proton?

A

A positivly charged particle found in every nucleus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What is a neutron?

A

An electrically neutral particle found in every nucleus except hydrogen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What is an electron?

A

A negativly charged particle found in orbit of a nucleus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What does acidic mean?

A

Substance that dissolves in water to produce hydrogen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What is basic?

A

A substance that dissolves to produce hydroxide

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What is an oxide?

A

Chemical compound with one or more oxygen atoms combined with another element.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What is atomic mass?

A

The total mass of protons and neutrons in an element

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What is atomic number?

A

Number of protons in an atom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What group is alkali found in?

A

Group one of the periodic table

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What group is alkali earth metals found?

A

Group 2 of the periodic table

17
Q

What group is halogen of the pereiodic table?

A

Group 7

18
Q

What group is noble gas in?

A

Group 8

19
Q

Whats an ionic bond?

A

A bond that gives and takes electrons

20
Q

What is a covalant bond?

A

A bond that give electrons

21
Q

What is lattice?

A

A symmetrical structure formed by atoms bonded together in a crystalline solid.

22
Q

What is corrosion?

A

A class of chemical reactions that change pure metals into compounds

23
Q

What does corrosive mean?

A

The process in which a metal reacts with air, water or other substances to form rust

24
Q

What is a monomer?

A

A molecule that can bond to another monomer to form a polymer

25
Q

What is a biopolymer?

A

A fibre or plastic that is biodigratable

26
Q

how do you find the atomic number of an element on the perodic table?

A

The number above the elements sign is the atomic number telling you how many electrons and protons there are

27
Q

How many elements are found on the periodic table?

A

There is 118 elemnts on the perodic table