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Sci. Vocab Words 11
Science Grade 8 Chapter 11 Vocab Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still be the same substance | Atom |
| A unifing explination for a broad range of hypothosis and observations that have been supported by testing | Theory |
| The negativley charged particles found in all atoms; involved in chemical bonds | electrons |
| the tiny, extremely dense, positively charged region in the center of an atom; made up of protons and neutrons | nucleus |
| the regions inside an atom where electrons are likely to be found | electron clouds |
| the positvely charged particles of the nucleus; the number of this particle in a nucleus is the atomic number that determinesthe identity of an element | protons |
| the particles of the nucleus that have no charge | neutrons |
| the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom | atomic number |
| atoms that have the same number if protons but have different numbers of neutrons | isotopes |
| the weighted average of the masses of all the naturally occurring isotopes of an element | atomic mass |