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Unit 4 vocabulary

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Definition
Atomic Mass   average mass of one atom of an element  
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Periodic Table   a chart where elements are organized into periods and groups according to their properties  
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Chemical Symbol   one-or-two-letter code that stands or an element; Many symbols are abbreviations are the element's name  
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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  
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Matter   the material that all objects and substances are made of  
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Element   substances that are the building blocks of all matter  
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Compound   matter made of 2 or more elements  
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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 nucleus of an atom  
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Nucleus   center of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons  
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Proton   positively charged particle located in the nucleus of an atom  
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Neutron   in an atom, particle with a neutral charge; located in the nucleus  
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Energy Level   the amount of energy carried by an electron in an atom  
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Isotope   atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, and thus different atomic masses  
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Mass Number   the integer nearest in value to the atomic weight of an atom and equal to the number nucleons in the nucleus of an atom  
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Atomic Number   the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus  
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Metal   such a substance in its pure state, as distinguished from alloys  
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Malleable   capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressuring from rollers  
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Ductile   capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals  
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Conductivity   the property or power of conducting heat, electricity, or sound  
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Reactivity   the relative capacity of an atom, molecule, or radical to go to undergo a chemical reaction with another atom, molecule or compound  
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Corrosion   way in which acids react with some metals so as to eat away the metal  
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Alkali Metal   any of the group univalent metals including potassium, sodium, lithium, rubidium, cedium, and francium, whose hydroxides are alkalis  
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Alkaline Metal   any of the group of bevalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals  
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Transition Metal   any element in any of the series of elements with atomic numbers 21-29, 39-47, 57-79, and 89-107, that in a given inner ortibal has less than a full quota of electrons  
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Alloy   a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition  
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Nonmetal   an element not having the characteristic of metal, as carbon or nitrogen  
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Diatomic Molecule   made of two or more atoms  
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