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Sci Vocab. Mrs.White
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Question | Answer |
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A particle with a negative electrical charge | Electron |
The center of an atom, which contains most of the atom's mass | Nucleus |
A positively charged particle inside an atom's nucleus | Proton |
A particle that is found in the nucleus of an atoms and has no electrical charge | Neutron |
An area where electrons arranged in energy levels, travel around an atom's nucleus | Electron Cloud |
A pure substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance | Element |
The number of protons in an atom or an element | Atomic Number |
One or two or more atoms of an element having the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons | Isotope |
The average mass of the atoms of an element | Average Atomic Mass |
A chart that shows the elements in order of increasing atomic numbers | Periodic Table |
A chemical bond that forms when atoms share electrons | Convalent Bond |
At an attraction that holds oppositely charged ions close together | Ionic Bond |
A substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements | Compound |
An atom that positively or negatively charged because it has gained or lost electrons | Ion |
A chemical reaction that releases energy | Exothermic Reaction |
A chemical reaction that absorbs energy | Endothermic Reaction |
The measure of how fast a chemical reaction occurs | Rate of Reaction |
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction but is not used up itself or permanently changed | Catagst or Catayst |