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ch. 17 vocab
carroll vocab. 17
vocab word | definition |
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atoms | the building blocks of matter |
element | a material composed of one type of atom |
brownian motion | perpetual jiggling of particles that are just large enough to be seen |
molecule | smallest particle of a substance consisting of two more atoms that bond together by sharing electrons |
compound | substance made of atoms of different elements combined in a fixed proportions |
chemical formula | chemical formula of compound tells the proportion of each kind of atom in |
nucleus | all of an atoms mass is packed into the dense central region-nucleus |
nuleons | building blocks of the nucleus |
neutrons | nucleons in an electronically neutral state |
protons | nucleons in an electronically charged state |
isotopes | atoms of the same element having different numbers of neutrons |
atomic number | the # of protons in the nucleus |
ion | atom with a net charge |
shell model of the atom | electrons are pictured as orbiting in spherical shells around the nucleus. |
periodic table | chart that lists atoms by heir atomic number and by their electron arrangements |
plasma | a phase where matter consists of positive ions and free electrons. |