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atoms and elements
Atoms and Elements Review
Question | Answer |
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Anything that has mass and takes up space. | MATTER |
Smallest unit of matter. | ATOM |
To be easily broken. | BRITTLE |
NEGATIVE electrical charged particles found in the electron cloud (orbits the nucleus). | ELECTRONS |
CENTRAL part of the atom. | NUCLEUS |
POSITIVELY charged particles found in an atom's nucleus. | PROTONS |
Particles with NO charge. | NEUTRONS |
A pure substance made of only one kind of atom. | ELEMENT |
Able to be drawn into long wires. | DUCTILE |
Able to be hammered or rolled into flat sheets or other shapes. | MALLEABLE |
A characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing the substance into another substance. | PHYSICAL PROPERTY |
A ROW across the periodic table. | PERIODS |
A COLUMN in the periodic table. | GROUP |
States that matter cannot be created or destroyed, it only changes form. | LAW OF CONSERVATION |
A chart of all known elements. | PERIODIC TABLE |
Elements found in the LEFT side of the periodic table, which share properties. | METALS |
Elements found on the RIGHT side of the periodic table. | NONMETALS |
Substance through which heat and electricity travel well. | CONDUCTOR |
Shine of a metal. | METALLIC LUSTER |
Substance that does NOT conduct heat or electricity easily. | INSULATOR |