Six Weeks Vocabulary

Question 0

A particle in the nucleus of an atom that carries a positive electric charge

Answer 0

Proton

Question 1

The smallest particle of an element that still has all the properties of that element

Answer 1

Atom

Question 2

A microscopic particle that is located in the nucleus of an atom and has no electric charge

Answer 2

Neutron

Question 3

A negatively charged particle that is the smallest of the particles that makes up an atom

Answer 3

electron

Question 4

an electron that is most likely to be involved in a chemical reaction

Answer 4

valence electron

Question 5

region surrounding the nucleus of an atom, where electrons are most likely to be found

Answer 5

electron cloud

Question 6

the center or core of an atom where most of its mass is

Answer 6

nucleus

Question 7

a negatively charged particle that is the smallest of the particles that makes up an atom

Answer 7

conservation of mass

Question 8

a property of a substance that can be used to identify it and that describes how that substance reacts with other substances

Answer 8

chemical property

Question 9

a change in matter that results in a different kind of matter and that cannot be reserved

Answer 9

chemical change

Question 10

the ability of a substance to go through a chemical change

Answer 10

reactivity

Question 11

the chart of elements arranged in increasing order of atomic number and grouped by similar properties

Answer 11

periodic table

Question 12

family of elements in the periodic table that have similar physical or chemical properties

Answer 12

group