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Periodic Table
Vocabulary for Matter and Elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Mass | The material/stuff that matter is made up of -it can be measured |
| Space/Volume | The specific area/place that matter takes up |
| Density | D=m/v the amount of mass in a specific volume of space |
| Atom | Smallest part of an element, the building blocks of all matter |
| Electron | Particles of an atom with a negative charge, moves around the nucleus and has an attractive force that it allows it to bond with other atoms creating everything in the universe |
| Proton | Particle of an atom with a positive charge located inside the nucleus |
| Neutron | Particle of an atom with a neutral / no change located inside the nucleus along with the proton |
| Periodic Table | Large grid that identifies and classifies all of the elements by their chemical and physical properties |
| Elements | The simplest substance that cannot be broken down / they make up all matter in the universe |
| Periods/Rows | Rows that tell how many energy levels each elements have for the electrons to move around |
| Groups Or Family / Columns | Columns that tell how many |