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chapter 2

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matter   anything that has mass and takes up space  
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mass   a measure of the amount of matter in an object; a fundamental property of an object that is not affected by the forces that act on the object, such as a gravitational force  
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element   a substance that cannot be broken down or separated into simpler substances by chemical means; all atoms of an element have the same atomic number  
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atom   the smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical properties of that element  
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nucleus   in physical science, an atoms central region, which is made up of protons and neutrons  
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proton   a subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is located in the nucleus of an atom; the number of protons in the nucleus is the atomic number, which determines the identity of an element  
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neutron   a subatomic particle that has no charge, and that is located in the nucleus of an atom  
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atomic number   the number of protons in the nucleus, is the same for all atoms of an element  
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mass number   the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atoms nucleus  
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electron   a subatomic particle that has a negative charge  
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orbital   a region of an atom where there is a high probability of finding electrons  
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isotope   an that has the same number of protons (or the same atomic number) as other atoms of the same element do but has a different number of neutrons (different atomic mass)  
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compound   a substance made up of atoms of 2 or more different elements joined by a chemical bond  
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chemical bond   the attraction force that holds atoms or ions together  
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covalent bond   chemical link between 2 atoms in which electrons are shared between them  
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molecule   a group of atoms that are held together by chemical forces; a molecule is the smallest unit of matter that can exist by itself and retain all of a substances chemical properties  
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ion   an atom, radical, or molecule that has gained or lost one or more electrons and has a negative or positive charge  
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ionic bond   the attraction force between oppositely charged ions, which from when electrons are transferred from one atom to another  
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