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Chem-Module 7

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Crookes tube   The experimental instrument that William Crookes used to identify cathode rays (also called cathode ray tube)  
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Cathode ray tube   The experimental instrument that William Crookes used to identify cathode rays (also called Crookes tube)  
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Like charges _____ one another   repel  
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Opposite charges _____ each other   attract  
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What are the particles in an atom?   Proton, neutron, electron  
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An atom's atomic number tells you how many _____ it contains.   protons  
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All atoms have an _______ number of electrons and protons   equal  
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Protons are _______ charged   positively  
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Electrons are ________ charged   negatively  
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Neutrons are _______ charged   neutrally  
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Isotopes   Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons  
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Isotopes behave ______ in the their chemistry; the main difference between them is their _______   identically, mass  
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Mass number   The total number of neutrons and protons in an atom  
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The planetary model of an atoms is also called the   Rutherford model  
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The protons and neutrons in an atom are called the   nucleus  
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Light is made up of _____ and small particles called ______   waves, photons  
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Particle/Wave Duality Theory   The theory that light sometimes behaves as a particle and sometimes behaves as a wave  
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The high point of a light wave is called the   crest  
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The low point of a light wave is called the   trough  
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Wavelength   The distance between crests (or troughs) of a wave  
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Amplitude   A measure of the eight of the crests or the depths of the troughs on a wave  
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nano means   10^-9  
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The range of light we can see (the rainbow) is called the   visible spectrum  
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How do you remember which light has the longest wavelength, and the descending order?   ROY G. BIV  
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Physical constant   A measurable quantity in nature that does not change  
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Frequency   The number of wave crests (or troughs) that pass a given point each second  
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Hertz (Hz) means   1/second  
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When wavelength is ______, frequency is ______. When wavelength is ______, frequency is _____.   large, small; small large  
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All expanses of light are called   the electromagnetic spectrum  
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As a light wave's frequency _______, its energy _______. As its frequency ______ its energy _______.   increases, increases; decreases, decreases  
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As a light wave's wavelength _______, its energy ______. As its wavelength _______, its energy _______.   increases, decreases; decreases, increases  
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Planck's constant is   6.63 x 10^-34 Hz  
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A scientific instrument that can analyze light and determine individual wavelengths that make it up is called   a spectrometer  
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A spectrometer uses ________ to analyze light   spectroscopy  
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When an electron gets energy, it is   excited  
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When an electron releases energy, it is   de-excited  
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All forms of matter try to stay in their ______ possible energy state   lowest  
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Ground state   The lowest possible energy state for a given substance  
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An atom is mostly made up of   nothing  
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Who discovered protons?   Ernest Rutherford  
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