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what properties do metalloids lack

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The properties of metals they are dull brittle and poor conductors

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Who discovered radioactive decay

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Henri Becquerel

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what are semi conductors

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can conduct electricity under some circumstances but not under others

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what is an Atom

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smallest particle of an element

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what atom model did John Dalton create

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the round ball model

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what atomic model did JJ Thompson discover

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blueberry muffin model

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which atomic model was bohrs

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electron cloud

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Who conducted the famous gold foil experiment

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Rutherford

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James Chadwick discovered what

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neutron

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this model of the Atom describes the center core-nucleus- containing protons and neutrons surrounded by a cloud like region of moving electrons with varying energy

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modern atomic model

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what is atomic mass

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The average of all the isotopes of an element

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Dimitri Mendeleev discovered what

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periodic table

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what is the atomic number

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number of protons in the nucleus of the Atom

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Henry Mosley discovered what

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that if elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number than the elements lined up correctly

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what are groups or families

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vertical columns and periodic table

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what are the periods

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seven horizontal rows and periodic table

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The modern periodic table is organized by what

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atomic number

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where are metals found on the periodic table

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left of the zigzag

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what are the majority of elements

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metals

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what is malleability

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ability to be hammered into thin sheets

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what is ductility

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ability to be drawn into fine wires

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what is conductivity

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ability for heat or electricity to pass through

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where are the metalloids found on the periodic table

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along the zigzag

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name some properties about the noble gases

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they exist in large amounts in the atmosphere, they are chemically unreactive, they are used and glowing electric lights.

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what is the process in which the atomic nuclei of unstable isotopes release fast-moving particles and energy

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radioactive decay

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becquerel hypothesized that uranium can

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spontaneously give off energy or radiation all the time