Atomic Structure
The smallest particle of an element.
What is an atom?
The atomic number of an element indicates the number of these particles.
What are protons?
The number of periods on the periodic table.
What is seven?
The vertical column on the periodic table.
What is group or family?
The three particles found in the atom.
What are protons, electrons, and neutrons?
The atomic number of Hydrogen.
What is number 1
The elements found in groups 3-12.
What are Transitional metals
The horizontal rows on the periodic table.
What is a period or series?
This particle orbits the nucleus.
What is an electron?
This element has an atomic number of eight.
What is oxygen?
The name of group 1 metals.
What are alkali metals
The number of elements on the periodic table.
What is 118
The path along which the electrons travel.
What is an orbit or shell?
The symbol for Sodium.
What is Na?
The family was found in group 17.
What are the halogens?
The whole number found next to the element on the periodic table.
What is Atomic number?
The atom has the same number of electrons as protons.
What is neutral?
A neutral atom has 11 electrons, and how ________ protons.
What is eleven?
Elements in the same group have this in common.
What are chemical properties?