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All_____ except mercury are solids at room tempereature.

Metals

In general, nonmetals are______.

Good conducters of heat



Most of the mass of an atom is found in its_____.

Nucleus

A certain atom has 26 protons, 26 electrons, and 30 neutrons. Its mass number is_____.

56



Each row in the periodic table ends with a_____.

Noble Gas

In going from left to right in any given row in the periodic table, the size of atoms generally________.

Increases

Which category of elements have the property of being malleable and ductile?

Metals

Which metalloid is in the fourth period and the smae group as carbon?

Germanium

Which of the group 13 elements is not metal?

Boron

Each inner energy level of an atom has a maximum number of_____it can hold.

Electrons

Dot diagrams are used to represent_____.

Outer level electron

Particles of matter that make up protons and neutrons are_____.

Quarks

A chemical symbol represents the_____ of and element.

Name

Horizontal rows of the periodic table are called...

Periods

Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons is called

Isotopes

A particle that moves around the nucleus is an..

Electron

Elements that are gases, are brittle, and are poor conductors at room temperature are....

Nonmetals

A____is used to accelerate protons in the study of subatomic particles.

Tevatron

Elements on the far right of the periodic table are classified as nonmetals.

False; noble gases

Thompson's experiments led to the discovery of the neutron.

True

The closer an electron is to the nucleus, the lower its energy.

True

Every atom of the same element has the same atomic number.

True

For an atom to be neutral, the number of protons must equal the number of neutrons.

True

Matter always has mass.

True

The central core of an atomis called the hub.

False; atomic nucleus

The chart showing the classifications of elements according to their properties and increasing atomic numbers is called the periodic table.

True

The mass of an electron is about equal to the mass of a proton.

False; neutron

Elements arranged in vertical columns in the periodic table are called periods.

False; groups

The region around the nucleus occupied by the eletrons is called the negative zone.

False: eletron cloud

The symbol for chlorine is C.

False; CI

The maximum number of electrons in the second energy level of an atom is 4.

False; 8

Two isotopes of carbon-12 and carbon-14. These isotopes differ from one another by two protons.

False; neutrons

Metals are good conductors of hear and electricity.

True

Scientists believe that naturally occuring elements are manufactured within Mars.

False; stars/super nova

So far, scientists have confirmed the existance of six different quarks.

True

In 1926, scientists developed the Bohr model of the atom that is used today.

False; electron cloud

The sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom is the mass number.

Ttrue

The symbol for fluorine is Fe.

False; F

The very stable electron arrangement in the outer energy level is characteristic of noble gases.

True

One proton and one electron are added to each element as you go across the periodic table.

True

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

The atomic number of an element is determined by its number of protons.

True

According to the present atomic theory, the location of an electron is an atom cannot be pinpointed exactly.

True

Moving from left to right in the row of the periodic table, metallic properties increase.

False; decrease