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What is an atom

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The smallest unit into which matter can be divided

The building blocks of all matter

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What is an atom made up of

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Subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons)

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What are protons charge?

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+1

Positively charged

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Where are protons located in an atom

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In the nucleus

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What charge do neutrons have?

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0

No electric charge

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Where are neutrons located in an atom

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Nucleus

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What contributes to the atomic mass of an atom

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The protons and neutrons

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What is the mass of a proton

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1

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What is the mass of a neutron

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1

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What is the mass of an electron

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1/1800

Basically 0

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What is the charge of electrons

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-1

Negatively charged

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Where are electrons found in an atom

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Outside of the nucleus: in the orbitals/ shells

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How many electrons can the first orbital hold?

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2

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How many electrons can the second orbital hold?

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8

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How many electrons can the outside orbital hold

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8

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What is another name for the outside shell?

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Valence Shell

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17
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What is valency

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The ‘bonding power’ of an element

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How is valency determined

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By the number of outer (valence) electrons

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19
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How are elements grouped

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By their valency

Outer electrons

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What is the octet rule?

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The most stable arrangement of electrons is a full outer shell (2 for the first shell and 8 for the others)

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What is the atomic mass equation

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Number of protons + number of neutrons

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What is a catalyst?

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A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being changed by the reaction.

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How does a catalyst speed up the chemical reaction?

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Be lowering the activation energy (EA)

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What is an exothermic reaction?

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A reaction releasing energy (as heat)

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What is an endothermic reaction?
A reaction absorbing energy (as heat)
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In a reaction coordinate diagram, what does the delta h represent?
The change in energy (enthalpy)
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What is radiation?
Particles or waves emitted by radioactive substances
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What is a Geiger counter?
A device for measuring radioactivity
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What is combustion?
When a substance reacts with oxygen and releases energy
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What is a fuel?
Any substance that reacts with oxygen and releases energy
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What does universal indicator do
It indicates the pH of substances by changing colour in different concentrations of h+ ions
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What is a substances pH?
It’s concentration of H+
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What are acids?
Substances that release H+ ions when they dissolve in water
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What is a H+ ion?
A hydrogen atom that has lost its electron
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What are bases?
Substances that absorb hydrogen ions
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What is an alkali?
A base soluble in water | All alkalis are bases, but not all bases are alkalis
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What are reactants?
The things that go into a chemical reaction
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What are the products?
The things that are made in a chemical reaction
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What is the law of Conservation of Mass?
The mass of the products in a chemical reaction must equal the mass of the reactants
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What happens to the atomic number and mass number when when an atoms nucleus decays and releases an alpha particle
The mass number decreases by 4 | The atomic number decreases by 2
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What happens to the atomic number and mass number when when an atoms nucleus decays and releases a beta particle
Mass number stays the same | Atomic number increases by 1
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What are 4 uses of radiation?
X-ray, Microwave Radio Chemotherapy
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What are the 7 different levels on the electromagnetic spectrum
Radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays
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Why are alpha particles, beta particles and gamma rays classified as forms of ionising radiation?
Because they have the ability to remove electrons from atoms and molecules
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Why are alpha particles the least dangerous radiation?
Cause they are too slow and big to break through things
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What will make an atom radioactive?
The nucleus is unstable and so it emits particles or waves to form a more stable atom
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What pigment does photosynthesis use to absorb sunlight?
Chlorophyll
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What is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
Aerobic respiration is respiration with oxygen and anaerobic is without
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Which is more effective- aerobic or anaerobic respiration?
Aerobic is 17x more efficient
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Metal + acid =
Salt and hydrogen
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Acid and alkali =
Salt and water
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Acid + metal hydroxide
Salt and water
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Acid + metal carbonate
Salt + water + carbon dioxide
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What are acids?
Proton donators (release H+ ions)
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What are bases?
Proton acceptors (absorb H+ ions)
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What is the pH?
Measure of the number of H+ ions in a solution
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Do strong acids have a high or low pH?
Strong acids-lower pH | Weak acids- higher pH
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What is the valency of each element group?
1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8 | 1|2|3|4|3|2|1|0
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What are ions?
Charged atoms
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How are ions formed?
When electrons move from one atom to another
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What determines whether an ion is positive or negative?
If an electron leaves then that atom becomes a positive ion (cation) If an atom gains an electron it becomes a negative anion (anion)
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What is an element?
A substance made up of only one type of atom | E.g. hydrogen H
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What is a compound?
A substance that is made up of 2 or more different types of atom chemically joined E.g. water H2O
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How do you find out the chemical formula
S- Substance |. Be C V- Valency |. 2 4 S- Swap |. 4 2 D- Divide |. 2 1 F-formula |. Be2Cl
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What is the chemical formula for lithium and boron?
Li3B
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What do you call a positive ion
Cation
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What do you call a negative ion
Anion
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What is the chemical formula for sulphuric acid?
H2SO4
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What is the formula for hydrochloric acid
HCI
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What is the chemical formula for phosphoric acid
H3PO4

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