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Matter L1 Overall
Matter L1 Overall Assessment Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Matter is made of tiny particles too small to see. What are they called? | Atoms |
| What do we call the different TYPES of atoms? (We keep them on a table!) | Elements |
| What do we use to measure TINY things like atoms? | Picometers |
| What tool let scientists see atoms for the first time? | The STM Microscope |
| What unit do we use to measure the MASS of atoms? | Daltons |
| Who was the first person to arrange the elements by mass and into columns based on properties? | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| Why did Dmitri Mendeleev leave blank spots in his periodic table? | He knew some elements had not been discovered yet. |
| On the periodic table, how do we organize elements with SIMILAR properties? | We stack them in columns called groups. (columns = things in common) |
| The requirements that must be met for an engineering solution to be successul | Criteria |
| A limitation on the range of possible solutions to a design | Constraint |
| The mass of an atom | Atomic mass |
| Table that lists all of the known elements and groups them into columns by important shared properties | Periodic table of the elements |
| Shorthand notation of one, two, or three letters that represent the name of the element | Chemical Symbol |
| Anything that has mass and takes up space is called... | matter |
| A 1 cm square of aluminum foil is made of about how many atoms? | 6X10 to the 23rd or 6 with 23 zeros behind it |