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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

3 different types of elements?

-Metals

-Nonmetals


-Metalloids


Shiny substances that conduct heat and electricity?

Metals

Ductile, meaning they can be drawn into wires, and malleable, meaning they can be hammered into shapes?

Metals

Have properties intermediate between metals and nonmetals?

Metalloids

Are poor conductors of heat and electricity?

Nonmetals

All metals are solid at room temp except for __________, which is liquid.

Mercury (liquid)

Do not have shiny appearance and are poor conductors of heat and electricity?

Nonmetals

AT ROOM TEMP for NON METALS:


1. Sulfur and Carbon- ____________.


2. Bromine- ____________.


3. Nitrogen, oxygen, 9 other gases- ___________.



-Solids


-Liquid


-Gases

4 nonmetals that comprise of 96% of the mass of the human body? What are they called?

-Oxygen


-Carob


-Hydrogen


-Nitrogen


-Building-block elements

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

Major minerals are also known as _______________.

Macronutrients (potassium, sodium, chlorine, magnesium, sulfur, calcium, phosphorus)

Trace elements are also known as _______________ which are required in the daily diet in small quantities usually less than 15 mg.

Micronutrients

A pure substance formed by chemically combining two or more elements together?

Compound

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

All matter is composed of the same basic building blocks called?

Atoms

Proton, symbolized by ______, has a ______ charge. Electron, symbolized by _____, has a ______ charge. Neutron, symbolized by ______, has ______ charge.

-p, +


-e, -


-n, no charge

__________ and __________ have approximately the same, exceedingly small mass. The mass of a __________ is much less.

-Protons


-Neutrons


-Electron

A dense core that contains the protons and neutrons?

Nucleus

Most of the mass in an atom resides in the ____________.

Nucleus

Composed of electrons that move rapidly in the almost empty space surrounding the nucleus?

Electron Cloud

Comprises most of the volume of an atom?

Electron Cloud

Opposite charges _____________ while like charges _____________.

-Attract


-Repel

Defines the mass of individual atoms relative to a standard mass?

Atomic Mass Unit

Every atom of a given type of element always has the _________ number of protons in the nucleus called the __________________.

-Same


-Atomic Number (Z)

Atomic number = ?

-Number of protons in the nucleus= number of electrons

Symbolized by A, the sum of the number of protons and neutrons?

Mass Number

Mass number = ?

-number of protons + number of neutrons

Two atoms of the same element always have the same number of ____________, but number of ___________ can vary.

-Protons


-Neutrons

Atoms of the same element having a different number of neutrons?

Isotopes

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 #

Hydrogen atoms that have one proton and one neutron, giving them a mass number of 2?

Deuterium (D)

Hydrogen atoms containing one proton and two neutrons, giving them a mass number of 3?

Tritium (T)

The weighted average of the mass of the naturally occurring isotopes of a particular element reported in atomic mass units?

Atomic Weight (atomic mass)

Isotope that emits particles or energy as some form of radiation?

Radioactive Isotopes

Radioactive Isotopes have both ___________ and ____________ uses in medicine.

-Diagnostic


-Therapeutic

Row in the periodic table?

Period

Elements in the same period (row) are similar in?

Size

Column in the periodic table?

Column

Elements in the same group (column) have similar?

Electronic and Chemical properties

Each column in the periodic table is assigned a?

Group Number

Elements that comprise a particular group have similar?

Chemical Properties

An Alkali metal group that is soft and shiny and are good conductors of heat and electricity?

Alkali Metals

An Alkali metal group that have low melting points and react readily with water to form basic solutions?

Alkali Metals

An Alkali metal group that are shiny solids but less reactive than the other group?

Alkali Earth Metals

Do the Alkali and Alkali Earth Metals exist in nature as pure elements?

NO. THEY ARE ALWAYS COMBINED WITH OTHER ELEMENTS TO FORM COMPOUNDS

Very reactive and combine with many other elements to form compounds?

Halogens

Gases that are especially stable as atoms, and so they are rarely combined with other elements to form compounds?

Noble Gases (radon)

Hard; Contains a dense three-dimensional network of carbon atoms in six membered rings?

Diamond

Slippery black substance used as a lubricant; contains parallel sheets of carbon atoms in flat six-membered rings?

Graphite

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)

___________ 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"

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

The chemical properties of an element are determined by the number of ____________ in an atom.

Electrons

Do not move freely in space; rather, it is confined to a specific region, giving it a particular energy?

Electrons

Occupy discrete energy levels?

Electrons

It's energy is quantized; that is, the energy is restricted to specific values?

Electrons

The electrons that surround the nucleus are confined to regions called?

Shells (principle energy levels)

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

The farther a shell is from the nucleus, the larger its ______________ becomes, and the ___________ electrons it can hold.

-Volume


-More

Maximum number electrons that an orbital can hold?

2

Shells are divided into _____________.

Subshells (s, p, d, f)

Subshells consist of _____________.

Orbitals

Region of space where the probability of finding an electron is high?

Orbital

# OF ORBITALS:


-S=


-P=


-D=


-F=

-S= 1


-P=3


-D=5


-F=7

Highest to lowest energy level for orbitals?

-s, p, d, f

Maximum number of orbitals in shell 1?

2

Maximum number of orbitals in shell 2?

8

Maximum number of orbitals in shell 3?

18

Maximum number of orbitals in shell 4?

32

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)

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)

How electrons are arranged in an atom's orbital?

Electron configuration

The lowest energy arrangement of electrons is called?

Ground State

Orbital energies increase within a shell in what order?

s, p, d, f

Uses a box to represent each orbital and arrows to represent electrons?

Orbital Diagram

A single electron, which is shown by one single arrow pointing up?

Unpaired electrons

Two electrons in an orbital, that have _______________- (opposite direction) so an up and down arrow are used?

Paired Spins

_______________ tells us how many electrons must be placed in orbitals.

Atomic Number

Electrons are always added to the ____________ energy orbitals first.

Lowest

4 regions that the periodic table can be divided into?

Blocks s, p, d, f

Blocks are labeled according to the subshells taht are filled with electrons ___________.

Last

The chemical properties of an element depend on the most loosely held electrons, that is the electrons in the outermost shell, called?

Valence Electrons

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

Elements in the same group have ____________ number of valence electrons and ____________ electronic configuration.

-The same

-Similar



________________ in a group are similar because these elements contain the same electronic configuration of valence electrons.

Chemical properties

The periodic table is organized into groups of elements with similar _________________ in the same column.

Valence electronic configurations

The number of valence electrons around an atom is often represented by?

Electron-dot symbol

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

Properties of an atom that change in a regular way across a row or down a column of a periodic table?

Periodic Trends

The distance from the nucleus to the outer edge of the valence shell?

Atomic radius

The size of atoms ______________ down a column of the periodic table, as the valence electrons are farther from the nucleus.

Increases

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

________________ decreases across a row of the periodic table as the number of protons in the nucleus increases.

Atomic Radius (size)

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

Energy needed to remove an electron from a neutral atom?

Ionization Energy

Positively charged, and has fewer electrons than the neutral atom?

Cation

Ionization energies __________ down a column of the periodic table as the valence electrons get farther from the positively charged nucleus.

Decreases

Ionization energies generally ____________ across a row of the periodic table as the number of protons in the nucleus increases.

Increases