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Chemistry-matter
Cunningham chemistry unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the name of anything that has mass and takes up space? | Matter |
| What are substances called when they are made up of only one type of atom and cannot be broken down into simpler substances? | Element |
| Which is a particle of an atom that is located outside the nucleus and has a negative charge? | Electron |
| Which is a particle of an atom that is located inside the nucleus and has a positive charge? | Proton |
| Which is a particle of an atom that is located inside the nucleus and has no charge? | Neutron |
| What is the area called on the outside of an atom's nucleus where the electrons are located? | Electron Cloud |
| Which number on the periodic table represents the number of protons in an element? | Atomic number |
| In the periodic table, what does the symbol represent? | Name of the element |
| What is the atomic mass? | # of neutrons + # of protons |
| What is an atom called when it has a different number of neutrons? | Isotope |
| What property means an substance can be bent or shaped with a hammer? | Malleable |
| What property means a substance is hard but can be easily broken or shattered? | Brittle |
| What property means a substance can easily transfer electricity or heat? | Conductor |
| What property means a substance can not easily transfer heat or electricity | Insulator |
| Which property means a substance can attract a magnet? | Magnetic |
| Which property means a substance does not attract a magnet? | Nonmagnetic |
| Which property means a substance reflects light or appears shiny? | Luster |
| What is the type properties called where the property can be observed without changing the substance? | Physical property |
| What is the type of property called when a chemical change has to occur before the propery can be observe? | Chemical property |
| What is the smallest unit of matter? | Atom |
| What is a group of the same elements called when they are connected with covalent bonds? | Molecule |
| What is a group of different types of elements called when they are bonded together? | Compound |
| What is the term used for when oxygen is bonded withnother elements? | Oxide |
| What property is the ability of a substance to be drawn out into a thin line or wire? | Ductile |
| What proerty is the abilty of a substance to be flexible and return to its orginal form after being stretched? | Elastic |
| What is an atom callled when it looses or gains an electron? | Ion |
| What type of mixture appears to the eye to be one substance (example:salt water)? | Homogenous |
| What type of mixture appears to the eye as seperate substances mixed together (example: salad)? | Heterogenous |
| What is another term for a homogenous mixture? | Solution |
| At 32 degrees Farenheight (or 0 degrees Celcius) water does this______? | Freezes |
| At 212 degrees Farenheight (or 100 degrees Celcius) water does this______? | Boils |
| What is physical state of matter with a definite shape and definite volume? | Solid |
| What is a physical state of matter without a definite shape, but has a definite volume? | Liquid |
| What is a physical state of matter without a definite shape and will spread out to fill any space available? | Gas |
| What is the most common state of matter inthe universe? | Plasma |