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Tay Science voc.
vocab words 4 ch. 17
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The smallest particle of an element that can be identified with that element. Consists of protons and neutrons in a nucleus surrounded by electrons. | Atoms |
A substance of only one kind of atom. Examples are: Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen | Element |
a perpetual random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid medium | Brownian Motion |
The smallest particle of substance consisting of 2 or more atoms of the same or different elements bonded together | Molecule |
A chemical substance made of atoms of two or more different elements combined in a fixed proportion | Compound |
A description that uses numbers and symbols of elements to describe proportions of elements in a compound or reaction | Chemical Formula |
The positively charged center of an atom, which contains protons and neutrons and has almost all the mass of the entire atom but only a tiny fraction of the volume | Nucleus |
AN electrically neutral particle that is one of the two kinds of particles found in the nucleus of an atom | Neutrons |
A positively charged particle that is one of the two kinds of particles found in the nucleus of an atom | Protons |
A form of an element having a particular number of neutrons in the nuclei of its atoms. Different isotopes of a particular element have the same atomic number but different atomic mass numbers | Isotopes |
Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom | Atomic Number |
An atom (or group of atoms bound together) with a net electric charge, which is due to the los or gain of electrons | Ion |
a model of which the electrons of an atom are pictured as grouped concentric shells around the nucleus | Shell model of the atom |
A chart that lists elements by atomic number and by electron arrangements so that arrangements with similar chemical properties ar in the same column | Periodic Table |
A fourth phase of matter in addition to solid, liquid and gas. In the plasma phase which exists mainly at high temperature. Matter consists of positively charged ions and free electrons | Plasma |