Term 1 Flashcards
1
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- Define matter
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Matter is the amount of the item.
2
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- Name the three states of matter
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Solid, liquid and gas.
3
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- Simply explain why science looks like magic but it isn’t
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How they can make us feel amazed and how they do with things we can’t see.
4
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- What is an atom?
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An atom is the smallest unit to exist.
5
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2 Describe the structure of an atom
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very small but strong
6
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- Define what a subatomic particle is
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A particle that is smaller than an atom in size.
7
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- Define an element
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A basic part of a whole
8
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- How does Technology increase our understanding of the atom
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Use the world’s most powerful scanning tunneling microscopes to “see” the magnified images of atoms and to study surface reaction sites on an atom-by-atom basis.
9
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- Explain what the periodic table is and its importance
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to quickly refer to information about an element, like atomic mass and chemical symbol
10
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- Describe how the periodic table is organised
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in order of increasing atomic number
11
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- Name and identify some elements in the periodic table.
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Hydrogen, which means Stars, including the Sun
12
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- Identify properties of metal
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13
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4.
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14
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4.
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15
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4.
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