The Elements
Neon has this many valence electrons.
What is 8?
These particles have no charge but contribute to the mass of an atom.
What are neutrons?
The members of this family of elements all have 2 valence electrons.
What are the alkaline-earth metals (or group 2A)?
This type of bond is formed when two oppositely-charged particles strongly attract.
What is an ionic bond?
This type of bond occurs when two or more atoms share electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
Each atom of this element contains 23 protons.
What is vanadium (V)?
The outermost electrons in an atom.
What are the valence electrons?
This family of elements are the least reactive in the entire periodic table.
What are the noble gases?
The number of electrons in an Al3+ ion.
What is 10?
The correct name of the compound SO2.
What is sulfur dioxide?
This element in period 4 has a fully-filled d-sublevel.
What is zinc (Zn)?
This subatomic particle determines the identity of an atom.
What is a proton?
This is the only nonmetal on the left side of the periodic table.
What is hydrogen (H)?
The correct name of the compound with the chemical formula Zn(NO2)2.
What is zinc nitrite?
These diagrams show how atoms can share electrons and form molecules.
What are Lewis structures?
This element has the smallest atomic radius of any element.
What is helium (He)?
The maximum number of electrons a p-sublevel can hold.
What is 6?
Elements in the same column tend to share these types of properties.
What are chemical properties?
The correct formula for the compound gallium hypochlorite.
What is Ga(ClO)3?
The correct formula for the compound trisilicon tetraboride.
What is Si3B4?
This element's shorthand electron configuration is [Xe]6s24f145d106p3.
What is bismuth (Bi)?
Examples include carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14, these are atoms of the same element with different masses.
What are isotopes?
This element has the least number of electrons in period 5.
What is rubidium (Rb)?
The charge of Mn in the compound MnS2.
What is 4+?
The number of valence electrons in the polyatomic ion PO43-.
What is 32?