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Ch 2 Sec1
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| everythng that occupies space and contains mass | matter |
| quantity of matter an object has | mass |
| substances that cannot be brocken down chemically into simpiler kinds of matter | element |
| simplest part of an element that retains all of the properties of that element | atom |
| central region; makes up the bulk mass of the atom and consists of protons and neutron | nucleus |
| positivly charged; in the nucleus | proton |
| no charge; in the nucleus | neutron |
| the number of protons in an element | atomic number |
| total number of protons and neutrons in an element | mass number |
| negitivly charged | electron |
| 3D region around a nucleus that indicates the probable location of an electron | orbital |
| atoms of the same element that have different number of neutrons | isotope |
| made up of two atoms or more elements in fixed proportions | compound |
| are the attractive forces that hold atoms togther | chemical bond |
| forms when two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons | covalent bond |
| simplest part of a substance that retains all of the properties of that substance and can exist in a free state | molecule |
| atom or molecule with an electrical charge | ion |
| the attractive force between oppisitly charged ions which forms when electrons are transferred from one atom to another | ionic bond |