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bilogy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atom | basic building block of a chemical element and the smallest unit of matter |
| Element | a pure substance made of only one type of atom |
| Proton | a stable, positively charged subatomic particle located in the nucleus of an atom |
| Neutron | an uncharged subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom |
| Electron | mapped directly to how electrons are arranged around an atom's nucleus |
| Isotope | any of two or more forms of a chemical element that share the same number of protons |
| Ion | an atom or molecule that has a net electrical charge because the total number of electrons is unequal to the total number of protons |
| compound | a pure substance formed when two or more different elements |
| molecule | a group of two or more atoms bonded together through covalent or chemical bonds |
| Ionic bond | a chemical bond formed through the complete transfer of valence electrons from one atom to another |
| covalent bond | a chemical link formed when two atoms share one or more pairs of valence electrons |