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Chem-Module 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crookes tube | The experimental instrument that William Crookes used to identify cathode rays (also called cathode ray tube) |
| Cathode ray tube | The experimental instrument that William Crookes used to identify cathode rays (also called Crookes tube) |
| Like charges _____ one another | repel |
| Opposite charges _____ each other | attract |
| What are the particles in an atom? | Proton, neutron, electron |
| An atom's atomic number tells you how many _____ it contains. | protons |
| All atoms have an _______ number of electrons and protons | equal |
| Protons are _______ charged | positively |
| Electrons are ________ charged | negatively |
| Neutrons are _______ charged | neutrally |
| Isotopes | Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons |
| Isotopes behave ______ in the their chemistry; the main difference between them is their _______ | identically, mass |
| Mass number | The total number of neutrons and protons in an atom |
| The planetary model of an atoms is also called the | Rutherford model |
| The protons and neutrons in an atom are called the | nucleus |
| Light is made up of _____ and small particles called ______ | waves, photons |
| Particle/Wave Duality Theory | The theory that light sometimes behaves as a particle and sometimes behaves as a wave |
| The high point of a light wave is called the | crest |
| The low point of a light wave is called the | trough |
| Wavelength | The distance between crests (or troughs) of a wave |
| Amplitude | A measure of the eight of the crests or the depths of the troughs on a wave |
| nano means | 10^-9 |
| The range of light we can see (the rainbow) is called the | visible spectrum |
| How do you remember which light has the longest wavelength, and the descending order? | ROY G. BIV |
| Physical constant | A measurable quantity in nature that does not change |
| Frequency | The number of wave crests (or troughs) that pass a given point each second |
| Hertz (Hz) means | 1/second |
| When wavelength is ______, frequency is ______. When wavelength is ______, frequency is _____. | large, small; small large |
| All expanses of light are called | the electromagnetic spectrum |
| As a light wave's frequency _______, its energy _______. As its frequency ______ its energy _______. | increases, increases; decreases, decreases |
| As a light wave's wavelength _______, its energy ______. As its wavelength _______, its energy _______. | increases, decreases; decreases, increases |
| Planck's constant is | 6.63 x 10^-34 Hz |
| A scientific instrument that can analyze light and determine individual wavelengths that make it up is called | a spectrometer |
| A spectrometer uses ________ to analyze light | spectroscopy |
| When an electron gets energy, it is | excited |
| When an electron releases energy, it is | de-excited |
| All forms of matter try to stay in their ______ possible energy state | lowest |
| Ground state | The lowest possible energy state for a given substance |
| An atom is mostly made up of | nothing |
| Who discovered protons? | Ernest Rutherford |