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chem unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the scientist who discovered the nucleus | Rutherford |
| the group of elements that tend to gain electron | nonmetals |
| protons, neutrons, and electrons are called | subatomic particles |
| an atom or group of atoms with a positive or negative charge | ion |
| the atomic number represents how many ___ there are | protons |
| the ____ is the number of protons and neutrons added together in an atom | mass number |
| the name of the experiment used to discover the nucleus | gold foil |
| electrons that are lost create this | cation |
| the scientist who discovered the neutron | Chadwick |
| atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons | isotopes |
| the scientists who discovered the electron | Thomson |
| The first person to think about an atom's existence | Democritus |
| Electron that are gained create this type of ion | Anion |
| The group of elements that tend to lose electrons | metals |
| ________ discovered that the center of the atom was very small and dense with an overall positive charge in his gold foil experiment | Rutherford |
| The subatomic particle with a positive charge is called | protons |
| The ________ is always equal to the number of protons + the number of neutrons that the atom has | mass number |
| an atom that gains an electron will have a ______ charge | negative |
| According to Dalton, atoms of different elements will be _________ | different |
| the ______ of an element is the weighted average of the masses of the different isotopes of that element | atomic mass |
| both the neutrons and _______ are found in the atom's nucleus | protons |
| the atomic number of an atom is always equal to the number of ___________ | protons in a nucleus |
| the proton has a mass of approximately | 1 atomic mass |
| _________ are atoms that have the same atomic number but different mass numbers | Isotopes |
| Democritus said that ________ were indivisible, fundamental unites of matter | atoms |
| An atom gets an overall positive charge by __________ ____________ | losing electrons |