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Who organized elements by their masses from least to greatest in 1864?   john newlands  
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Who created the system that we use now for the periodic table in 1869?   dmitri mendeleyev  
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What did mendeleyev organize the elements by?   atomic masses and properties  
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What happened in 400 BC?   greek philosophers were trying to figure out what things are made of  
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Whos credited for the idea of atomism?   leucippus  
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What does atom mean?   uncutable  
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What happened to the idea of atomism?   it was ignored til the 1500s  
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How many families are there in the periodic table?   10  
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What are the families called?   alkali metals, alkali earth metals, halogens, noble gases, metals, nonmetals,transition metals, metalloids,lanthanides,actinides  
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What are some characterisitcs of metalloids?   have properties of metals and nonmetals; used in comp. and electronics  
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What are 3 examples of metalloids?   boron, germanium, antimony  
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Whats boron used in?   helps mantain normal cell function  
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Whats germanium used in?   as a semiconductor  
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Whats antimony used in?   infrared detectors  
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What are some characteristics of halogens?   very electronegative;bonds easily with alkaline metals  
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what are 3 examples of halogens?   flourine,chlorine,idodine  
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Whats flourine used in?   rocket fuels  
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whats chlorine used in?   to disinfect pools  
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whats idodine used in?   treat eye infections  
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What are some charctersics of noble gases?   unreactive; bonds easily with alkaline metals  
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What are 3 examples of noble gases?   helium,neon,xenon  
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Whats helium used in?   breathing mixture for deep sea divers  
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Whats neon used in?   glow sticks  
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Whats xenon used in   electron tubes  
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What are some characteristics of lanthanides?   produce spark; rare earth elements  
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What are 3 examples of lanthanides?   europium,samarium,terbium  
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whats europium used in?   red color in tvs  
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Whats samarium used in/for?   pain killer medicine  
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whats terbium used in/for?   lasers  
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What are some characteristics of actinides?   used nuclear energy; very radioactive  
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What are 3 examples of actinides?   califormium, fermium, einsteinium  
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whats califormium used in?   moisture gauges  
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what are fermium and einsteinium used in?   they have no uses so far  
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What are some characteristics of alkali metals?   very reactive in water; electropositive  
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what are 3 exampls of alkali metals?   lithium, sodium , potassium  
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Whats lithium used in?   batteries  
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whats sodium used in?   table salt  
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whats potassium used in?   potassium cyanide  
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What are some characteristics of alkali earth metals?   mallable; used in fireworks  
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What are 3 examples of alkali earth metals?   magnesium, calcium, beryllium  
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whats magnesium used in?   bombs  
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whats calcium used in?   to dry things  
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whats beryllium used in?   radiation windows  
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What are some characteristics of transition metals?   hard and dense; used in construction  
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what are 3 examples of transition metals?   platinum, silver, mercury  
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whats platinum used in?   catalytic converter  
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whats silver used in?   jewelry  
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whats mercury used in?   batteries  
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what are some characteristics of metals?   good conductors of electricity; good conductors of heat  
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what are 3 examples of metals?   aluminum,tin,lead  
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whats aluminum used in?   kitchen pots  
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whats tin used in?   kitchen utensils  
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what lead used in?   tennis racket  
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what are some characteristics of nonmetals?   poor conductors of heat and electricity, elements of life  
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what are 3 examples of nonmetals?   hydrogen, carbon, oxygen  
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whats hydrogen used in?   hydrochloric acid  
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whats carbon usedin?   base for ink  
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What does chemistry mean?   the study of the composition and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes  
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what are atoms?   smallest parts of elemnt  
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whats a proton?   positively charged particle in atoms nuclues  
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what are electrons?   negatively charged particles  
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what are nuetrons?   particles that have the same mass as protons but have a nuetral charge  
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whats an element?   matter made of elements of only one kind  
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whats atomic mass?   the weighted average mass of the isotopes of an element  
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whats an atomic number?   the number of protons in the nucleus of each atom of that element  
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what did the alchemist hennig brand discover?   phosphorus  
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how was the microwave discovered?   in WW2 workers would warm themselves next to magnetron machines and one time someone noticed that their candy bar melted  
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Why is marie curie a famous chemist?   she worked with radioactivity  
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whos antoine lavoisier?   "father of chemistry" discovered oxygen  
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whos linus pauling?   worked on chemical bonding  
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what was john daltons atomic theory?   all matter is made up of tiny building blocks, atoms, that cant b created or destroyed; atomic model-> O  
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what was william crooks atomic theory?   atom contained charged particle O(+-)  
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what was jj thompsons atomic theory?   atoms contained equal numbers of charged particles, making it nuetral  
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whats ernest rutherfords atomic theory?   the atoms nucleus was positive and was surrounded by negativly charged electrons  
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whats niehs bors atomic theory?   electrons orbit nucleus in circular pattern (electron cloud theory)  
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what was the 1st chemical reaction discovered?   fire  
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whats alchemy?   the science of changing cheap metals into expensive metals. :philosophers stone; urine was important  
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whats an isotope?   same element, different number on nuetrons. and different atomic mass  
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how many isotopes does carbon have and what are they called?   2; carbon 12 and carbon 14  
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how many hydrogen isotopes are there and whats their names?   3; hydrogen 1, hydrogen 2, hydrogen 3  
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when is a shell considered full?   when there's 8 electrons  
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