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ILS Atoms 2013
Atoms and Radioactivity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charge of proton | positve |
| charge of electron | negative |
| charge of neutron | neutral |
| location of neutron | in the nucleus |
| location of proton | in the nucleus |
| location of electron | orbiting the nucleus in the electron cloud |
| Atomic mass unit (amu) | mass of about a proton |
| Atomic mass | figured from the average of the mass of the isotopes of that element (protons and neutrons) |
| Atomic number | number of protons in an atom |
| How is an isotope named? | based on the number of protons and neutrons in the isotope |
| Main force that holds the nucleus together | strong force |
| force that repels likes and attracts opposites | electromagnetic force |
| force that is responsible for radioactive decay | weak force |
| charge of the nucleus | positive |
| What controls what the element is? | number of protons |
| How do you find the neutron number in an atom? | mass number minus atomic number |
| Niels Bohr's model of an atom | electrons are like planets orbiting the sun around the nucleus |
| Electron cloud model | tells us likely locations of the electron through probability |
| Atoms nucleus | like a marble on home plate of a baseball diamond |
| Radioactivity | unstable nucleus emits charged particles |
| Radioactive decay | changes the element |
| Gamma radiation | produces energy instead of a particle |
| Half life | time it takes for half of the radioactive nuclei to decay |
| which is greater over short distances? Strong or electromagnetic force | strong |
| Valence electrons | found on the outside energy levels |
| isotopes | created by adding neutrons or taking them away |
| ion | atoms that are positvely or negatively charged by adding or taking away electrons |
| Be able to model an isotpe | electron rings 2, 8, 18, 32 |
| Alpha decay | two protons and two neutrons lost |
| beta decay | neutrons turn into protons by losing electron or positron |
| gamma radiation | photons of energy emitted from nucleus |