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Super-Heavy Elements
Phrase cards for repeated reading of Newsela "Super-Heavy Elements"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| periodic table | a table showing chemical elements, arranged in the order of their atomic numbers |
| international scientific group | * * * |
| newly discovered elements | * * * |
| deserve a permanent spot | * * * |
| separated into smaller substances | * * * |
| center of each atom is a nucleus | the center of an atom that contains positive and neutral particles |
| nuclei | the word that means more than one nucleus |
| nuclei of their atoms are so enormous | * * * |
| huge, super-heavy elements are not normally | * * * |
| special laboratories | * * * |
| might exist | * * * |
| supernova," said acientist Dawn Shaughnessy | the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse |
| really heavily concentrated | * * * |
| Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory | * * * |
| chart listing all the elements | * * * |
| highly unstable. They exist | * * * |