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Unit 3- Atomic Structure Flashcards

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Ernest Rutherford

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Nuclear Model

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Niels Bohr

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Electrons travel in fixed orbits around the nucleus of the atom

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Democritus

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Named the atom based on the Greek word meaning indivisible

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Dmitri Mendeleev

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Arranged the elements on the periodic table based on atomic mass

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Dalton

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Solid Sphere Model

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Schrodinger and Heisenberg

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Electron Cloud Model

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Henry Moseley

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Arranged the elements on the periodic table based on atomic number

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JJ Thomson

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Plum Pudding Model

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Proton

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A subatomic particle with a positive charge

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Neutron

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The subatomic particle with no charge (therefore electrically neutral)

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Electron

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A subatomic particle with a negative charge

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Quarks

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The smallest known particles that make up protons neutrons

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Nucleus

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The positively charged center of that atom where most of the mass of the atom is located

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Electron cloud

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The negatively charged area around the nucleus where the volume of the atom is located

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Valence Electron

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An electron with the most energy located in the electron cloud

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Isotopes have different

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number of neutrons

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Isotopes have the same

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atomic number

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The farther an electron is from the nucleus the more what it has?

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energy

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The total number of electrons in the outer shell of a sodium is

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1

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The total number of neutrons in the nucleus of any atom is equal to the

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mass number minus the atomic number

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Two different isotopes of an element have different

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number of neutrons

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Two different isotopes of an element have the same

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number of protons

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An atom is neutral because

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the number of protons and electrons are equal

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What is the correct symbol for an isotope of carbon with 6 protons and 6 neutrons?

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12C

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Which of the following elements would be the best conductor of electricity

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Silver

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Which of the following elements would be the most reactive

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Iodine

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Which of the following elements would be the least reactive

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Argon

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At room temperature, most metals are

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Solids

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127I is a

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halogen

30
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proton + neutrons=

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mass number

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An isotope of carbon has 7 neutrons, the isotope is

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13C and Carbon - 13

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This element has 6 energy levels and 8 valence electrons. It must be

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Lead (Pb)

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This element is in the family with the most reactive nonmetals and has 4 energy levels. It must be

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Fluorine (F)

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Electrons are found where?

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Electron shells

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