Organization of the Periodic Table
Structure of atom
Element Structure
Atoms and Elements
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What is a group in the periodic table?
A column of elements
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What two particles are in the nucleus of the atom?
Protons and Neutrons
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What are the big letters in the center of the square of an element?
The chemical symbol.
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How many elements are there?
118
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What is a period?
A row of elements
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What particles are circling the nucleus of the atom?
Electrons
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What is usually on the very top of an element's square?
Its atomic number
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If an atom has 5 as their atomic number, how many protons does it have?
5
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How many periods are there in the periodic table?
7
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What are valence electrons and what do they do?
They are the electrons on the outermost shell and they create chemical bonds
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What is usually at the very bottom of an element's square?
Its atomic mass
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True or false: The elements in the periodic table are in order of atomic number
True
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Which periods do the elements on the bottom of the periodic table go into?
6 and 7
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How many electrons can go in the first shell of an atom?
2 electrons
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What can be but doesn't have to be under an element's chemical symbol?
The element's name
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True or false: The atom is the smallest particle.
False. Protons, neutrons, electrons and the particles that make them up are even smaller.
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What can you predict from the elements location in the periodic table?
The properties of the element.
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What do you call all of the electrons circling around the nucleus?
A cloud of electrons
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Name two ways an element can get its abbreviation.
An abbreviation of its name in English, or an abbreviation of its name in Latin.
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What are the first 10 elements in the periodic table?
Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Flourine, Neon
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