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Unit 4 Vocabulary for Science

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Atomic Mass   Average mass of one atom of an elements  
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Periodic Table   A Chart where all elements are organized into periods and group according to thier to thier properties  
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Chemical Symbol   One or two letter code that stands for an element; many sumbols are abbrievation of the elements name, which may be latin, english, or greek in origin  
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Period   A row of elements in the periodic table arranged by atomic number  
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Group   Column of elements in the periodic table, in which elements have certain properties in common; also called chemical family  
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Matter   The material that all objects and substances are made of; anything that has a mass and takes up space  
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Element   Substances that are the building block or all matter; an element is made up of one kind of atom  
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Compound   Matter made of two or elements; the elements in a compound are chemically bonded, cannot be seperated by physical means, and a compound has properties that are different from the elements that make it up  
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Atom   Smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still have the properties of that element  
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Electron   Negatively charged particle found outside the nucleas of a proton  
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Nucleas   Center of an atom made up of protons and neutrons  
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Proton   Positively charged particle in the nucleas of an atom  
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Neutron   In a atom, particle with a neutral charge; located in the nucleas  
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Energy Level   The amount of energyh carried by an electron in an atom; determines the electron's average distance from nucleas  
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Isotype   Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons in hte nucleas, and thus different atomic masses for example, carbon-12  
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Mass Number   The sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleas of an atom  
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Atomic Number   The number of protons in the nucleas in the nucleas of a atom  
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Metal   A class of elements characterized by physical properties: shiniess, malleability, ductility, conductivity  
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Malleble   A term used to describe material that can be pounded into shapes  
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Ductile   Term to describe a material that can be strecthed into a long object  
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Conductivity   The ability of a n object to transfer heat to another object  
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Reactivity   The ease or speed with an element comines or reacts, with other elements or compound  
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Corrosino   The gradual wearing away of metal element element due to chemical reaction  
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Alkai Metal   An element in group 1 of the periodic table  
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Alkaline Earth Metal   An element in group 2 of the periodic table  
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Transition Metal   One of the element in group 3 through 12 of the periodic table  
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Alloy   A mixture of two or more elements, one of which is a metal  
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Non-Metal   An element that lacks most of the properties of a metal  
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Diatomic Molecule   A molecule consiting of two atoms  
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Halogen   An element foung in group 17 of the periodic table  
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Metaloid   An element that has some characteristics of both metal and non-metals.  
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Noble Gas   An element foung in group 18 of the periodic table  
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Semi-Conductor   A substance that can conduct electricity under some conditions  
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