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Of the ________ known elements, ______ are naturally occurring and the remaining ______ have been prepared by scientists in the laboratory. Each element is identified by a one- or two letter _________. |
-118 -90 -28 -Symbol |
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3 different types of elements? |
-Metals
-Nonmetals -Metalloids |
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Shiny substances that conduct heat and electricity? |
Metals |
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Ductile, meaning they can be drawn into wires, and malleable, meaning they can be hammered into shapes? |
Metals |
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Have properties intermediate between metals and nonmetals? |
Metalloids |
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Are poor conductors of heat and electricity? |
Nonmetals |
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All metals are solid at room temp except for __________, which is liquid. |
Mercury (liquid) |
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Do not have shiny appearance and are poor conductors of heat and electricity? |
Nonmetals |
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AT ROOM TEMP for NON METALS: 1. Sulfur and Carbon- ____________. 2. Bromine- ____________. 3. Nitrogen, oxygen, 9 other gases- ___________. |
-Solids -Liquid -Gases |
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4 nonmetals that comprise of 96% of the mass of the human body? What are they called? |
-Oxygen -Carob -Hydrogen -Nitrogen -Building-block elements |
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3 building-block elements found in the four main types of biological molecules? What are the biological molecules? |
-Carbon -Hydrogen -Oxygen -Proteins -Carbohydrates -Lipids -Nucleic acids |
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Major minerals are also known as _______________. |
Macronutrients (potassium, sodium, chlorine, magnesium, sulfur, calcium, phosphorus) |
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Trace elements are also known as _______________ which are required in the daily diet in small quantities usually less than 15 mg. |
Micronutrients |
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A pure substance formed by chemically combining two or more elements together? |
Compound |
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Uses element symbols to show the identity of the elements forming a compound and subscripts to show the ratio of atoms contained in the compound? |
Chemical Formula |
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All matter is composed of the same basic building blocks called? |
Atoms |
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Proton, symbolized by ______, has a ______ charge. Electron, symbolized by _____, has a ______ charge. Neutron, symbolized by ______, has ______ charge. |
-p, + -e, - -n, no charge |
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__________ and __________ have approximately the same, exceedingly small mass. The mass of a __________ is much less. |
-Protons -Neutrons -Electron |
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A dense core that contains the protons and neutrons? |
Nucleus |
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Most of the mass in an atom resides in the ____________. |
Nucleus |
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Composed of electrons that move rapidly in the almost empty space surrounding the nucleus? |
Electron Cloud |
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Comprises most of the volume of an atom? |
Electron Cloud |
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Opposite charges _____________ while like charges _____________. |
-Attract -Repel |
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Defines the mass of individual atoms relative to a standard mass? |
Atomic Mass Unit |
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Every atom of a given type of element always has the _________ number of protons in the nucleus called the __________________. |
-Same -Atomic Number (Z) |
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Atomic number = ? |
-Number of protons in the nucleus= number of electrons |
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Symbolized by A, the sum of the number of protons and neutrons? |
Mass Number |
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Mass number = ? |
-number of protons + number of neutrons |
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Two atoms of the same element always have the same number of ____________, but number of ___________ can vary. |
-Protons -Neutrons |
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Atoms of the same element having a different number of neutrons? |
Isotopes |
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An isotope symbol is written using the element symbol with the atomic number as the ________________ and the mass number as the _________________. Both are to the left. |
-Subscript- A # -Superscript- M # |
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Hydrogen atoms that have one proton and one neutron, giving them a mass number of 2? |
Deuterium (D) |
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Hydrogen atoms containing one proton and two neutrons, giving them a mass number of 3? |
Tritium (T) |
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The weighted average of the mass of the naturally occurring isotopes of a particular element reported in atomic mass units? |
Atomic Weight (atomic mass) |
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Isotope that emits particles or energy as some form of radiation? |
Radioactive Isotopes |
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Radioactive Isotopes have both ___________ and ____________ uses in medicine. |
-Diagnostic -Therapeutic |
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Row in the periodic table? |
Period |
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Elements in the same period (row) are similar in? |
Size |
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Column in the periodic table? |
Column |
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Elements in the same group (column) have similar? |
Electronic and Chemical properties |
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Each column in the periodic table is assigned a? |
Group Number |
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Elements that comprise a particular group have similar? |
Chemical Properties |
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An Alkali metal group that is soft and shiny and are good conductors of heat and electricity? |
Alkali Metals |
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An Alkali metal group that have low melting points and react readily with water to form basic solutions? |
Alkali Metals |
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An Alkali metal group that are shiny solids but less reactive than the other group? |
Alkali Earth Metals |
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Do the Alkali and Alkali Earth Metals exist in nature as pure elements? |
NO. THEY ARE ALWAYS COMBINED WITH OTHER ELEMENTS TO FORM COMPOUNDS |
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Very reactive and combine with many other elements to form compounds? |
Halogens |
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Gases that are especially stable as atoms, and so they are rarely combined with other elements to form compounds? |
Noble Gases (radon) |
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Hard; Contains a dense three-dimensional network of carbon atoms in six membered rings? |
Diamond |
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Slippery black substance used as a lubricant; contains parallel sheets of carbon atoms in flat six-membered rings? |
Graphite |
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Contains 60 carbon atoms joined together in a sphere of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons in a pattern that resembles a soccer ball or geodesic dome? |
Buckminsterfullerene (Bucky Ball) |
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___________ ability to join with itself and other elements gives it versatility not seen with any other element in the periodic table? |
Carbon "party animal of the atomic world" |
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Latches on to many other atoms including itself and holding tight, forming molecular conga lines of hearty robustness- the very trick of nature necessary to build proteins and DNA? |
Carbon |
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The chemical properties of an element are determined by the number of ____________ in an atom. |
Electrons |
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Do not move freely in space; rather, it is confined to a specific region, giving it a particular energy? |
Electrons |
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Occupy discrete energy levels? |
Electrons |
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It's energy is quantized; that is, the energy is restricted to specific values? |
Electrons |
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The electrons that surround the nucleus are confined to regions called? |
Shells (principle energy levels) |
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Shells are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth, beginning _________ to the nucleus. Electrons closer to the nucleus are held _________ tightly and have __________ energy. Electrons farther from the nucleus are held _________ tightly and have __________ energy. |
-Closest -More -Lower -Less -Higher |
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The farther a shell is from the nucleus, the larger its ______________ becomes, and the ___________ electrons it can hold. |
-Volume -More |
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Maximum number electrons that an orbital can hold? |
2 |
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Shells are divided into _____________. |
Subshells (s, p, d, f) |
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Subshells consist of _____________. |
Orbitals |
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Region of space where the probability of finding an electron is high? |
Orbital |
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# OF ORBITALS: -S= -P= -D= -F= |
-S= 1 -P=3 -D=5 -F=7 |
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Highest to lowest energy level for orbitals? |
-s, p, d, f |
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Maximum number of orbitals in shell 1? |
2 |
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Maximum number of orbitals in shell 2? |
8 |
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Maximum number of orbitals in shell 3? |
18 |
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Maximum number of orbitals in shell 4? |
32 |
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An s orbital has a _________ of electron density. It is ________ in energy than other orbitals in the same shell because electrons are kept closer to the positively charge nucleus. |
-Sphere -Lower (get larger in size as shell number increases) |
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A p orbital has a ___________ shape. It is ________ in energy than an s orbital in the same shell because its electron density is farther from the nucleus. |
-Dumbbell -Higher (get larger in size as shell number increases) |
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How electrons are arranged in an atom's orbital? |
Electron configuration |
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The lowest energy arrangement of electrons is called? |
Ground State |
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Orbital energies increase within a shell in what order? |
s, p, d, f |
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Uses a box to represent each orbital and arrows to represent electrons? |
Orbital Diagram |
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A single electron, which is shown by one single arrow pointing up? |
Unpaired electrons |
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Two electrons in an orbital, that have _______________- (opposite direction) so an up and down arrow are used? |
Paired Spins |
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_______________ tells us how many electrons must be placed in orbitals. |
Atomic Number |
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Electrons are always added to the ____________ energy orbitals first. |
Lowest |
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4 regions that the periodic table can be divided into? |
Blocks s, p, d, f |
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Blocks are labeled according to the subshells taht are filled with electrons ___________. |
Last |
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The chemical properties of an element depend on the most loosely held electrons, that is the electrons in the outermost shell, called? |
Valence Electrons |
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The ___________ number tells the number of valence electrons. To identify electrons in the valence shell, always look for the shell with the ____________ number. |
-Period
-Highest |
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Elements in the same group have ____________ number of valence electrons and ____________ electronic configuration. |
-The same
-Similar |
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________________ in a group are similar because these elements contain the same electronic configuration of valence electrons. |
Chemical properties |
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The periodic table is organized into groups of elements with similar _________________ in the same column. |
Valence electronic configurations
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The number of valence electrons around an atom is often represented by? |
Electron-dot symbol |
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Electron dot symbol: each dot represents 1 ___________________. The dots are placed on the four sides of an element symbol. More than four electrons, the dots are ___________. Location doesn't matter. |
-Valence electrons -Paired |
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Properties of an atom that change in a regular way across a row or down a column of a periodic table? |
Periodic Trends |
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The distance from the nucleus to the outer edge of the valence shell? |
Atomic radius |
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The size of atoms ______________ down a column of the periodic table, as the valence electrons are farther from the nucleus. |
Increases |
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The size of atoms _____________ across a row of the periodic table as the number of protons in the nucleus increases. An increasing number of protons pulls the electrons closer to the nucleus, so the atom gets ____________. |
-Decreases -Smaller |
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________________ decreases across a row of the periodic table as the number of protons in the nucleus increases. |
Atomic Radius (size) |
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The more tightly the electron is held, the _________ the energy required to remove it. Removing an electron from a neutral atom forms a __________. |
-Greater -Cation |
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Energy needed to remove an electron from a neutral atom? |
Ionization Energy |
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Positively charged, and has fewer electrons than the neutral atom? |
Cation |
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Ionization energies __________ down a column of the periodic table as the valence electrons get farther from the positively charged nucleus. |
Decreases |
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Ionization energies generally ____________ across a row of the periodic table as the number of protons in the nucleus increases. |
Increases |