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Ch 3 Atomic Structur
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The atomic model in which electrons are suspended in a positive substance | plum pudding model |
| The atomic model in which the atom is a solid sphere | billiard ball model |
| The atomic model in which the atom has a dense positive center with electrons found in a cloud outside the nucleus | Rutherford Model |
| The atomic model in which the atom has a dense positive center, and the electrons orbits in different energy levels | planetary model |
| The philosopher who first believed that matter could not be continually subdivided and coined the term atom | Democritus |
| The philosopher who set atomic theory back because he believed that matter was continuous and could be subdivided infinitely | Aristotle |
| The law that states that the sum total of the mass of the products must equal the sum total of the mass of the reactants because matter is neither created nor destroyed. | the law of conservation of mass |
| The law that states that compounds are composed of elements in the same percentage by mass | the law of definite proportions |
| sodium chloride, NaCl, is a: mixture, compound, or element | compound |
| atoms of the same element with varying numbers of neutrons are | isotopes |
| atoms in which the number of protons and the number of electrons do not match | ion |
| positive ion | cation |
| negative ion | anion |
| The unit used to measure the mass of an atom | atomic mass unit |
| The force that holds all the protons and neutrons together in the atom is | strong nuclear force |
| The distance between the center of the nucleus and the outermost part of the electron cloud in an atom | atomic radius |
| Almost the entire mass of the atom is found in the | nucleus |
| Almost the entire volume of the atom is created by the | electron cloud |