light electrons and atomic structure
Bundles or packets of light energy
what are Photons?
H
What is hydrogen
Organic chemistry is the study of this element
What is carbon
the systematic study of God's universe
What is science
the process of splitting a large nucleus into two smaller ones
What is fission
the outermost electrons in an atom
What are valence electrons
P
What is phosphorus
compounds with the same molecular formula but different arrangements of atoms
What are isomers
a tentative explanation of a natural phenomenon
what is a hypothesis
tendency of nuclei to spontaneously shed subatomic particles
what is unstable
the distance between any two corresponding points on successive waves
What is wavelength
K
What is potassium
hydrocarbons with one or more triple bonds
What are alkynes
the coldest possible temperature
what is absolute zero
holds the nucleus together
what is the strong nuclear force
the lowest energy level electrons can occupy
What is the ground state
Hg
What is mercury
organic compounds with an -OH functional group
what are alcohols
the unit used to measure energy
what is a joule
radioactive decay that involves only energy
what is gamma decay
German for "building up", this principle says that electrons fill starting in the lowest energy level available
What is the aufbau principle
Pu
What is plutonium
diverse group of biological compounds characterized by insolubility in water
What are lipids
the prefix that means one millionth
what is micro
the amount of energy necessary to break up a nucleus into its component nucleons
what is nuclear binding energy