Grade 9 chemistry Flashcards
A pure substance can be made up of any number of different kinds of particles (T/F)
False
Describing natural gas as being a colourless and stinky gas would describe its physical properties(T/F)
True
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space
True
Particles in a solid have more motion than particles in a liquid
False
Solutions are uniform mixtures where the substances making up the solution can be distinguished
False
The ability for something to burn is a chemical property
True
Ductility
ability of a substance to be pulled into a finer strand
Each element is given a certain symbol. What is an element symbol?
An abbreviation used for an element that is recognized world wide
Person who performed the gold foil experiment and proposed that an atom has a positively charged nucleus
Ernest Rutherford
Electron
Negatively charged particle in an atom
Proton
Positively charged particle in an atom
Neutron
Neutrally charged particle in an atom
Which group of elements are almost all solids, good conductors and ductile
Metals
Which family of elements are stable and unreactive?
Noble Gases
Number of protons in an atom
Atomic number