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Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics Lesson 3 Vocab

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anion   An atom that has gained electrons; it's negatively charged  
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neutrons   The neutrally charged particles in an atom  
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compound   Contains at least two different elements combined  
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cation   An atom that has lost electrons; it's positively charged  
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valence electrons   The electrons in the outer shell of an atom.  
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nucleus   The center of an atom that contains the protons and neutrons  
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element   The group of one kind of atom  
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charge   The property that causes atoms to be attracted to or repelled by one another  
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octet rule   When an atom has eight electrons in it's outer shell making it stable.  
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protons   The positively charged particles in an atom  
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synthetic elements   Man-made elements  
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ionic bonding   When an ion forms bonds with other ions  
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energy level   The place where the electron spends its time buzzing around the atom.  
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ion   An atom that doesn't have the normal number of electrons  
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covalent bond   The bond that's formed when atoms share their valence electrons  
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atomic number   The number of protons an atom has  
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nucleons   What the protons and neutrons together are called  
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mass number   The number of nucleons an atom has.  
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electrons   The negatively charged particles in an atom  
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isotopes   Atoms with different numbers of neutrons and protons.  
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