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Physical Science: Ch4: The Atom

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___ is anything that has mass and takes up space.   Matter  
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An ___ is a small particle that makes up all matter.   atom  
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Atoms are mostly ___ space surrounding a massive central region of the atom called the___.   empty, nucleus  
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Atoms contain ___ kinds of particles, two in the ___, and one outside the center of the atom.   three, nucleus  
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In an atom’s nucleus, positively charged particles are ___.   protons  
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A ___ is a neutral particle located in the nucleus of an atom.   neutron  
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___ are negatively charged particles that move in the space outside an atom’s nucleus.   Electrons  
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An electron has about ___ the mass of a neutron or proton.   1/2,000  
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The Greek philosopher ___ coined the word atom, based on the Greek word atoma,meaning “indivisible.”   Democritus  
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Democritus proposed that atoms were small, ___ spheres.   solid  
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The atom as Democritus described it was ___, meaning it was the smallest possible piece of matter that could not be cut into smaller pieces.   indivisible  
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The French scientist Antoine ___ conducted experiments that led to the law ofconservation of ___.   Lavoisier, mass  
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The law of ___ ___, uncovered by French chemist J. L. Proust, states that pure compounds always contain the same elements in the same proportions by mass.   definite proportions  
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English schoolteacher and scientist ___ ___ did many experiments on gases that led to a new and more complete model of the atom.   John Dalton  
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All ___ is made up of atoms.   matter  
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Atoms are neither ___ nor ___ in chemical reactions.   created, destroyed  
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___ of different elements combine in whole-number ratios.   Atoms  
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Each element is made of a ___ type of atom.   different  
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The atoms of different elements have different ___ and ___.   masses, properties  
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Dalton used ___ to represent different elements, making it easier to write andcommunicate about the elements.   symbols  
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In 1897, English scientist __ __ ______ discovered electrons while doing an experiment to see how ___ currents affected cathode rays.   J. J. Thomson, electric  
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J. J. Thomson proposed a new ___ model to explain his observations: a solid spherethrough which ___ charge was spread evenly.   atomic, positive  
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When two students of Ernest Rutherford shot ___ particles through gold foil, most passed straight through the foil, but some were scattered or even bounced ___ ___.   alpha, straight back  
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Rutherford interpreted the unexpected results to mean that the alpha particles were hitting something with a ___ charge and a relatively large ___.   positive, mass  
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Based on this information and further experiments, Rutherford developed a revised ___ of the atom.   model  
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Rutherford’s model showed the atom as mostly ___ space, with the ___ in the middle.   empty, nucleus  
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Rutherford discovered the positively charged particle, the ___, which is found in anatom’s nucleus   proton  
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Rutherford predicted the existence of another particle, with ___ electric charge, in the nucleus of atoms.   no  
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Rutherford’s model did not accurately explain how ___ are arranged in the atom.   electrons  
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A Danish scientist, ___ ___, studied the hydrogen atom and then proposed a new model for the arrangement of electrons in an atom.   Niels Bohr  
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A ___ ___ is a single wavelength of light that can be seen when the light from anexcited element is passed through a prism.   spectral line  
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An ___ ___ is a region in space corresponding to a certain energy through which an electron moves.   energy level  
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Bohr proposed that electrons moved in ___ around the nucleus.   circles  
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Bohr thought that electrons fill the ___ energy levels of an atom first, and start filling the next energy level away from the ___ after an inner level is full.   inner, nucleus  
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An element will react with other elements to try to receive a full ___ ___ ___.   outer energy level  
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Bohr’s model of circular orbits for electrons did not explain the behavior of electrons in outer ___ ___.   energy levels  
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Today, scientists think of an electron in an atom as being in an ___ ___, which is a region surrounding an atomic nucleus where an electron is ___ ___ to be found.   electron cloud, most likely  
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An ___ is a pure substance that can be identified by the number of protons in the nucleus of its atoms.   element  
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Each atom of a particular element has the same number of protons in its nucleus. Thisnumber is called the element’s ___ ___.   atomic number  
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In a chart called the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, elements are arranged horizontally by increasing atomic number and vertically in rows of elements with similar chemical properties.   periodic table of the elements  
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Elements in the periodic table are metals, nonmetals, and ___.   semimetals  
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All atoms of an element have the same number of ___. Different atoms of the sameelement can have different numbers of ___.   protons, neutrons  
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The ___ ___ of an atom is the total number of neutrons and protons in the atom.   mass number  
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Atoms of the same element that contain different numbers of neutrons are called ___.   isotopes  
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Some isotopes of certain elements are ___, meaning they spontaneously decay and release particles and/or energy.   radioactive  
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Hydrogen has three isotopes, called protium, ___, and ___.   tritium, deuterium  
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The ___ ___ ___ of an element is the weighted average of the mixture of an element’s isotopes   average atomic mass  
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An ___ is an atom that no longer is neutral because it has gained or lost electrons.   ion  
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If an element loses an ___, it then has more protons than electrons and has a positive charge. An atom with a ___ charge is called a positive ion.   electron, positive  
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When an atom gains an electron, it forms an ion with a ___ charge because it has more electrons than protons. The resulting ion is called a ___ ___.   negative, negative ion  
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