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44 Cards in this Set
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All_____ except mercury are solids at room tempereature. |
Metals |
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In general, nonmetals are______. |
Good conducters of heat |
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Most of the mass of an atom is found in its_____. |
Nucleus |
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A certain atom has 26 protons, 26 electrons, and 30 neutrons. Its mass number is_____. |
56 |
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Each row in the periodic table ends with a_____. |
Noble Gas |
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In going from left to right in any given row in the periodic table, the size of atoms generally________. |
Increases |
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Which category of elements have the property of being malleable and ductile? |
Metals |
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Which metalloid is in the fourth period and the smae group as carbon? |
Germanium |
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Which of the group 13 elements is not metal? |
Boron |
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Each inner energy level of an atom has a maximum number of_____it can hold. |
Electrons |
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Dot diagrams are used to represent_____. |
Outer level electron |
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Particles of matter that make up protons and neutrons are_____. |
Quarks |
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A chemical symbol represents the_____ of and element. |
Name |
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Horizontal rows of the periodic table are called... |
Periods |
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Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons is called |
Isotopes |
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A particle that moves around the nucleus is an.. |
Electron |
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Elements that are gases, are brittle, and are poor conductors at room temperature are.... |
Nonmetals |
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A____is used to accelerate protons in the study of subatomic particles. |
Tevatron |
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Elements on the far right of the periodic table are classified as nonmetals. |
False; noble gases |
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Thompson's experiments led to the discovery of the neutron. |
True |
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The closer an electron is to the nucleus, the lower its energy. |
True |
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Every atom of the same element has the same atomic number. |
True |
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For an atom to be neutral, the number of protons must equal the number of neutrons. |
True |
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Matter always has mass. |
True |
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The central core of an atomis called the hub. |
False; atomic nucleus |
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The chart showing the classifications of elements according to their properties and increasing atomic numbers is called the periodic table. |
True |
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The mass of an electron is about equal to the mass of a proton. |
False; neutron |
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Elements arranged in vertical columns in the periodic table are called periods. |
False; groups |
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The region around the nucleus occupied by the eletrons is called the negative zone. |
False: eletron cloud |
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The symbol for chlorine is C. |
False; CI |
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The maximum number of electrons in the second energy level of an atom is 4. |
False; 8 |
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Two isotopes of carbon-12 and carbon-14. These isotopes differ from one another by two protons. |
False; neutrons |
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Metals are good conductors of hear and electricity. |
True |
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Scientists believe that naturally occuring elements are manufactured within Mars. |
False; stars/super nova |
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So far, scientists have confirmed the existance of six different quarks. |
True |
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In 1926, scientists developed the Bohr model of the atom that is used today. |
False; electron cloud |
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The sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom is the mass number. |
Ttrue |
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The symbol for fluorine is Fe. |
False; F |
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The very stable electron arrangement in the outer energy level is characteristic of noble gases. |
True |
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One proton and one electron are added to each element as you go across the periodic table. |
True |
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Electron cloud models are used to show how electros in the outer energy level are bonded when elements combine to form compounds. |
False; dot diagram |
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The atomic number of an element is determined by its number of protons. |
True |
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According to the present atomic theory, the location of an electron is an atom cannot be pinpointed exactly. |
True |
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Moving from left to right in the row of the periodic table, metallic properties increase. |
False; decrease |