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39 Cards in this Set
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The simplest pure substances are called
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Elements
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Why are elements often called the building blocks of matter
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Beacause all matter is composed of one element or a combination of two or more elements
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Compound is a combined with
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two or more elements
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Is a compound combined chemically?
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Yes
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What is a mixture combined with
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Elements, compund or both
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Is the mixture combined chemically
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No
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Sodium chloride is an example of a compound true or false
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True
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Is Air a mixture
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Yes
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Is Gasoline a mixture
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Yes
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Is Soil a mixture
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No
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Is oxygen a mixture
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No
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What is the smallest particle of an element called
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An Atom
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Why do scientist use models to help them udnerstand atoms
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That way they will be able to see something that you can't see with your eyes
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An atom of one element cannot be changed into an atom of a different element. Is this a Dalton's Atomic Theory
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Yes
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With only a few changes, Dalton's atomic theory is still accepted today. True or False
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True
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Who described the atom as negative changes scattered through a ball of positve charge
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JJ Thompson
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What experiment convinced Ernest Rutherford that the atom has a small, positively charged nucleus
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The Gold Foil Experiment
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The term Rutherford gave to the positively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom was
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Peach
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The atomic model of _____ reembled planets orbiting the sun
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Bohr
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What particle did Chadwick discover in 1932 that was hard to detect becasue it had no electrical charge
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Neutron
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Since 1930, the model of the atom has changed a great deal
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False
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Atoms have no overall electrical charge. True or False
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True
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Most of the volume of an atom consists of protoms and neutrons
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True
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Most of the mass of an atom is due to electrons
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False
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Atoms of different elements have the same number of protons
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False
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Matter
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Anything that has mass and takes up space
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Element
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Simplest pure substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance
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Compound
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Pure substance made of two or more elements that are combined chemically in a specific ratio
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Mixture
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Two or more substances that are in the same place but NOT chemically combined
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Atom
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Smallest particle of an element
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Scientific Theory
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Well-tested idea that explains and connects a wide range of observations
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Model
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Physical or other representation of an idea to help people understand that they cannot observe directly
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Electron
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Negatively charged particle in an atom
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Nucleus
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Positively charged region in the center of an atom
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Proton
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Positively charged particle in nucleus of an atom
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An atom is made up of
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Protons, Neutrons and Electrons
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Sceintist once thought atoms could not be divided into smaller parts. True or False
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True
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What happened when sceintist sent electric curernt through the tube
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The gas inside the tube began to glow
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How did the glowing beam travel?
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It started at the negatively cahrged end of the tube and trveled to the positively charged end
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