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The Atom
Question | Answer |
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What is an atom? | The smallest part of an element which still has the properties of that element. |
What are the three elements of an atom? | Protons, Neutrons and Electrons |
Where are Protons found? | In the Nucleus |
Where are Electrons found? | Orbiting the Nucleus |
What charge have Neutrons? | Neutral charge |
What charge have Protons? | Positive |
What part of the atom has a negative charge? | Electrons |
What does Atomic number represent? | Number of Protons/ Number of electrons in an atom |
What does Mass number tell us? | The total number of Protons and Neutrons in an atom |
What is an element? | A substance made up of only one type of atom |
Two or more atoms combined together form....... | A molecule |
Which is bigger- Atomic number of Mass number? | Mass number |
What does The Bohr Model represent? | Structure of an Atom |
Electrons are placed in......... | Shells orbiting the Nucleus |
How many electrons can be placed within the first shell? | 2 |
How many electrons can an electron shell (apart from the first shell) hold? | 8 |
What are Isotopes? | Atoms of the same element that have different number of Neutrons |