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Topic 1 - Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table Flashcards

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1
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Where is the nucleus of an atom?

A

Middle of the atom

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2
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What does the nucleus contain/

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Protons + neutrons

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3
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What overall charge does the nucleus have?

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Positive (protons positively charged + neutrons neutral)

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4
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Where is the majority of the mass of the atom concentrated?

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Nucleus

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5
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How big is the nucleus compared to the whole atom?

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Very small

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6
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What do electrons do?

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Move around the nucleus

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7
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What charge do electrons have?

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Negative charge

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8
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How does a proton’s charge and an electron’s charge compare?

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Equal and opposite charges (in an atom)

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9
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What determines how big an atom is?

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The size of the electron’s orbits

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10
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How much mass do electrons have?

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Virtually no mass

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11
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Where do electrons occupy?

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Shells (energy levels) around the nucleus

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12
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What is the charge of an atom?

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0 - no overall charge

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13
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What relative charge to protons have?

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+1

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14
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What relative mass do protons have?

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1

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15
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What relative mass do neutrons have?

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1

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16
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What relative charge do neutrons have?

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0

17
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What relative mass do electrons have?

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1/2000

18
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What relative charge do electrons have?

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-1

19
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What are the 5 electron shell rules?

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1) Electrons always occupy shells (sometimes called energy levels)
2) Lowest energy always filled first (ones closest to nucleus)
3) Only a certain number of electrons allowed in each shell (1st shell: 2; 2nd shell: 8; 3rd shell: 8)
4) Atoms are ‘happier’ when they have full electron shells
5) In most atoms outer shell isn’t full making atom want to react

20
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What is an element?

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Consists of only one type of atom

21
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What decides which element an atom is?

A

The number of protons

22
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What does the atomic number tell you about an atom?

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  • How many protons in the atom
  • Unique to each element (as not two elements have same number of protons)
  • How many electrons there are (as number of protons = number of electrons)
23
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What does the mass number tell you about an atom?

A
  • Total number of protons + neutrons (can find number of neutrons by taking atomic number from mass number)
  • Usually roughly double atomic number (usually same number of protons + neutrons)
24
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What is an isotope?

A

Different atomic forms of the same element which have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutron

25
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How do Carbon-12 and Carbon-14 differ in structure?

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  • Both have 6 protons + 6 electrons
  • Carbon-12 has 6 neutrons
  • Carbon-14 has 8 neutrons
26
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How is relative atomic mass calculated?

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  • Multiply mass of each isotope by its relative abundance
  • Add those together
  • Divide by the sum of the relative abundance
27
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What is the relative abundance of an isotope?

A

How much there is of each isotope compared to the total amount of element in the world (can be ratio, fraction, percentage)

28
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What role did Dmitri Mendeleev play in forming the Periodic Table?

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  • 1869: arranged 50 or so known elements according to their properties of their compounds to make Table of Elements
  • Placed elements with similar chemical properties in same vertical group; found had to leave gaps to make table work
29
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What did the gaps in Mendeleev’s table show?

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  • Predict properties of undiscovered elements
  • New elements fit into gaps of his table
  • New group been added to table (incl. helium, neon, argon); colourless gas which don’t react much
  • Over last 100 years been refind to produce modern periodic table
30
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What are Group 1 of the Periodic Table?

A

Alkali metals

31
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What are the middle block of the Periodic Table?

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Transition metals

32
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What are Group 7 of the Periodic Table?

A

Halogens

33
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What are Group 8/Group 0 of the Periodic Table?

A

Noble gases

34
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What are the rows of the Periodic Table called?

A

Periods

35
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How are elements arranged within a period on the Periodic Table?

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Increasing atomic number along each row

36
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What is the period number the same as?

A

The number of electron shells

37
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What are the columns of the Periodic Table called?

A

Groups

38
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What do elements in the same group have in common?

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  • Similar properties

- Same number of electrons in outer shell (hence similar properties)

39
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What often changes as you go down the Periodic Table?

A

The reactivity (as atomic number increases) + properties of elements

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