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1
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tells us how many protons are in the nucleus and tells us the identity of the atom

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atomic number

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tells us the number of protons plus neutrons

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atomic mass

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3
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atoms that vary in the number of neutrons

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isotopes

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4
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atoms that vary in the number of electrons

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ions

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group 1

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alkali metals

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group 2

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alkaline earth metals

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group 6

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chalcogens

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group 7

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halogens

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group 8

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noble gases

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10
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alkali metals

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most reactive metals

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11
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halogens

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most reactive non-metals

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12
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most reactive alkali

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francium

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13
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most reactive halogen

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fluorine

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14
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elements that touch the red line

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semi-metals / metalloids

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15
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exceptions of semi-metals

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boron & aluminum

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16
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experiment made by J.J. Thomson

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cathode ray experiment

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17
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discoverer of the electron

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J.J. Thomson

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18
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maker of the plum pudding model

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J.J. Thomson

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19
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experiment made by Robert Millikan

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oil drop experiment

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20
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discoverer of the charge of an electron in coulombs

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Robert Millikan

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21
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experiment made by Ernest Rutherford

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gold foil experiment

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22
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person that found out the atom was mostly empty space except for a dense, positively charged nucleus

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Ernest Rutherford

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23
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discoverer of the neutron

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James Chadwick

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24
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thought that matter was made up of small particles (atomos)

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Democritus

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25
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ridiculed Democritus

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Aristotle

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26
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potion making and turning things to gold

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alchemy

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27
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  • father of atomic theory
  • revised Democritus’s idea of the atom
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John Dalton

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28
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actual mass of protons & neutrons

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1.673 x 10 ^-24g

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29
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actual mass of electron

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9.11 x 10^-28g

30
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relative mass of protons & neutrons

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1

31
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relative mass of electron

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1/1840

32
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person that called elements roots

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Aristotle

33
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person that renamed roots to elements

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Plato

34
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first person to have discovered a new element (phosphorous)

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Henning Brand

35
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described the element as a “substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by a chemical reaction”

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Robert Boyle

36
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makes Henning Brand’s work public

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Robert Boyle

37
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Father of Chemistry

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Antione Lavoisier

38
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wrote the first modern chemical textbook (elementary treatise of chemistry)

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Antione Lavoisier

39
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person who made one of the earliest attempts to classify the elements

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Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner

40
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person who discovered triads

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Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner

41
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___ elements were discovered by 1869

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63

42
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person who made an early periodic table arranged in a spiral (tellurix helix)

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Alexandre-Emile de Chancourtois

43
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similar elements seem to occur at regular intervals when they are ordered by their atomic weights

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periodicity

44
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person that noticed that many pairs of similar elements existed which differed by some multiple of eight in their atomic mass (law of octaves)

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John Newlands

45
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father of the periodic table

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Dmitri Mendeleev

46
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person that arranged the elements by atomic weight and predicted the discovery of new elements

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Dmitri Mendeleev

47
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person who arranged table by atomic number

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Henry Moseley

48
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person who found a relationship between an element’s x-ray wavelength and atomic number

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Henry Moseley

49
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person who moved the actinides and lanthanides to the bottom of the periodic table

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Glenn Seaborg

50
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(physical) conduct electricity

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conductive

51
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(physical) hammered into sheets

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malleable

52
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(physical) drawn into wire

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ductile

53
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(physical) most are shiny

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luster

54
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chemical property of metals

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they give away electrons

55
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isotopes of atoms with unstable nuclei

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radioisotope

56
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unstable atoms lose energy by emitting radiation

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radioactive decay

57
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  • symbol: α
  • composition: alpha particles
  • description: helium nuclei
  • charge: 2+
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alpha

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  • symbol: β
  • composition: beta particles
  • description: electrons
  • charge: 1-
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beta

59
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  • symbol: γ
  • composition: high-energy electromagnetic radiation
  • description: photons
  • charge: 0
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gamma

60
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  • slow moving
  • sheet of paper can stop penetration
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alpha

61
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  • emitted when a neutron in an unstable nucleus converts into a proton
  • very fast moving
  • metal foil can stop penetration
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beta

62
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  • accounts for most of the energy loss that occurs as a nucleus decays
  • made of photons (high energy short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation) (no mass, no charge)
  • the emission of ___ does not change the atomic number or mass of the nucleus
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gamma

63
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  • form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation
  • emitted when inner electrons are knocked out and electrons from higher energy levels drop down to fill the vacancy
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x-rays

64
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the ability of radiation to pass through matter

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penetrating power

65
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radioactive decay in which an atom’s atomic number is altered

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transmutation

66
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protons and neutrons

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nucleons

67
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acts on subatomic particles that are extremely close together and overcomes the electrostatic repulsion among protons

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strong nuclear force

68
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the area on the graph within which all stable nuclei are found

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band of stability

69
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too many neutrons

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atoms above the band

70
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too many protons

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atoms below the band

71
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decreases number of neutrons in the nucleus

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beta decay

72
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reduction of number of neutrons and protons

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alpha decay

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