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Vocabulary for Matter and Elements

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Term
Definition
Matter   anything that has mass and takes up space  
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Mass   the material that matter is made of  
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Volume   how much room/space matter takes up  
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Density   D=m/v the amount of material/stuff matter takes up within a specific space  
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Atom   smallest part of an element, the building blocks of all matter  
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Electron   particle of an atom that surrounds the nucleus, it has a negative charge and an attractive force that allows it to bond with other atoms  
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Proton   particle of an atom located inside the nucleus with a positive charge  
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Neutron   no charge located inside the nucleus with the proton/ particle of an atom that is natural  
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Periodic Table   a large grid that identifies and classifies all the elements by their chemical and physical properties  
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Element   They make up all the matter in the universe/ is the simplest substance that can't be broken down  
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periods/rows   tells how many energy levels each element has for the electrons to move around by rows  
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Groups or family/columns   columns that shows how many valence electrons each element has / the number of electrons that can move in its outer shell / energy level  
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Valence electrons   energy level of an atom / electrons that move on the outer shell  
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Atomic number   how many protons an element has inside the nucleus / usually is the same # of neutrons and electrons  
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Atomic mass   the measurement of the mass for an elements atom  
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Chemical property   the ability of substances to combine with one another forming new and different compounds and molecules  
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Physical property   the state of matter and appearance of a substance  
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Ionic bond   when elements either lose or gain an electron during bonding  
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Covalent bond   when elements share electrons during bonding  
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Chemical change / reaction   elements bond together through the attractive force of electrons creating some type of reaction and change  
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Compound / molecule   two or more elements combine together in a specific ratio / pattern creating a whole, new and different substance  
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Mixture   two or more substances combined together keeping their original properties, they do NOT change into a whole new substance / compound  
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Noble gases   all of the elements in group #18 - they are the most stable elements because they have eight electrons in their outer shell  
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Halogens   all of the elements in group #17 - the are very reactive bonding easily with elements in group #1 because they have seven valence electrons and want to be stable  
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Alkali metals   all of the elements in group #1 - they are very reactive because they have only one valence electrons  
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Metalloids   elements between metals and non-metals that can react either way, they have 3 - 7 valence electrons  
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