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Biology Unit 2 test
9/18/12 test
Question | Answer |
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anything that occupies space and has mass | matter |
amount of space occupied by matter | volume |
amount of matter in an abject | mass |
ratio of the matter's mass to its volume | density |
the form in whcih matter exists | physical state |
physical properties of matter | size, shape, texture, hardness, volume, mass, density, physical state |
chemical properties of matter | ability to burn, ability to rust, ability to decompose |
the basic unit of matter; comes from Greek word atomos, which means "unable to cut" | atom |
subatomic particles of an atom | proton, neutron, and electron |
particle with relatively large mass and positive charge | proton |
about the same mass as a proton and no charge | neutron |
relatively small mass and a negative charge; move around outside of the neucleus | electron |
the center of the atom | nucleus |
pure subtance that consists entirely of one type of atom | element |
amount of protons in an element | atomic number |
number of protons plus the number of neutrons | mass number |
atoms of the same element that differ in the number of neutrons they contain | isotopes |
the weighted averages of the masses of an element's isotopes | atomic mass |
substance formed by the chemical combination by two or more elements in definite proportion | compound |
main types of bonds | ionic bond and covalent bonds |
chemical bond formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another | ionic bond |
type of bond between in which the electrons are shared | covalent bodn |