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Matter L1 Overall
Matter L1 Overall Assessment Questions
Question | Answer |
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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 |