Classification Conundrum
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What's in a name?
100

Salad is an example of this type of mixture

What is a heterogenous mixture?

100

The subatomic particle with a positive charge.

What is a proton?

100

The element used to fill balloons and make them float

What is helium?

100

The name of the type of subatomic particle indicated by the arrow in this image:

What is a neutron?

100

This type of diagram shows all of an element's electrons in shells. For example:

What is a Bohr diagram?

200

Sulfur is an example of this type of pure substance

What is an element?

200

The subatomic particle with a negative charge.

What is an electron?

200

The element used to make thin sheets of foil for cooking and baking

What is aluminum?

200

The name of the type of subatomic particle indicated by the arrow in this image:

What is a proton?

200

The name of the notation that indicates electron energy levels, sublevels and numbers of electrons for an element.

For example, 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1

What is an electron configuration?

300

Water is an example of this kind of pure substance

What is a compound?

300

The two types of particles found in the nucleus

What are protons and neutrons?

300

The name of the element with the symbol Na

What is sodium?

300

The name of the type of subatomic particle indicated by the arrow in this image:

What is an electron?

300

The name of the notation that starts with a noble gas in square brackets and indicates electron energy levels, sublevels and numbers of electrons for any additional electrons.

For example, [Ar] 4s2 3d5


What is an abbreviated electron configuration or noble gas electron configuration?

400

Salt is an example of this type of pure substance

What is a compound?

400

The type of particle with negligible (almost zero) mass

What are electrons?

400

The name of the element with the symbol Au

What is gold?

400

The name of the location indicated by the bracket and arrow in this image:

What is the nucleus?

400

This type of diagram shows only valence electrons. For example:

What is a Lewis diagram or Lewis dot structure?

500

Air is an example of this type of mixture

What is a homogenous mixture?

500

To calculate the atomic mass, you add the numbers of these types of particles

What are protons and neutrons?

500

The element that makes up 78% of air

What is nitrogen?

500

This type of atomic diagram shows only the element symbol and valence electrons. For example:


What is a Lewis diagram or Lewis dot structure?

500

The name of the type of drawing that shows how an atom's orbitals are occupied by electrons. For example:

What is an orbital diagram or orbital filling diagram?

1000

Steel, brass and different types of gold (yellow, white, green and rose) are examples of this type of homogenous mixture

What is an alloy?

1000

Isotopes have the same number of _____ but different numbers of _____

What are protons and neutrons?

1000

The name of the element that is an exception to the rule that group 18 elements have 8 valence electrons

What is helium?

1000

This type of atomic diagram shows all of an element's electrons in orbitals. For example:



What is a Bohr diagram?

1000

The name of the rule stating that electrons will occupy the lowest energy orbital available: lower energy orbitals must be filled completely before starting to fill higher energy orbital.

What is the Aufbau rule or principle?

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