Atoms
Molecules
Elements
Atomic Structure
Are you smarter than a 5th grader science review
100

What is the smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an element?

Atoms

What is an atom?

100

What is formed when two or more atoms bond together?

Molecule

Answer: What is a molecule?

100

What is a pure substance made of only one type of atom?

Answer: What is an element?

100

 Where are electrons located in an atom?
 

The electron cloud

100

What is the process by which plants make their food using sunlight?
 

Photosynthesis

200

What subatomic particle has a positive charge?

Proton

What is a proton?

200

What is the molecule that is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom?

Water or H20

Answer: What is water (H₂O)?

200

What is the periodic table?
 

a chart that organizes all known elements?

200

What do you call the outermost electrons that are involved in bonding?
 

valence electrons

200

What is the center of the Earth called?
 

The core

300

What is the center of an atom called?

Nucleus

What is the nucleus?

300

What is the difference between an atom and a molecule?

 An atom is a single unit, while a molecule is made up of two or more atoms bonded together.

300

What element has the symbol 'O'?

Answer: What is oxygen?

300

What is the average energy level of electrons in an atom called?
 

Energy shells

300

What do we call the change of water from a liquid to a gas?
 

Evaporation

400

What is the name for the particles that have no charge in an atom?

Neutros

What are neutrons?

400

 What type of bond holds the atoms in a molecule together?

Answer: What is a chemical bond?

400

How many elements are there on the periodic table?
 

118

400

What is the main difference between the electron cloud and the nucleus?

 The nucleus contains protons and neutrons, while the electron cloud contains electrons.

400

What is the only mammal that can fly?

A Bat

500

How many protons does a carbon atom have?

6

Answer: What is 6?

500

 What is the term for molecules that have the same number of atoms but different structures?
 

What are isomers?

500

 What do you call elements that are mostly gases at room temperature?
 

What are nonmetals

500

What term describes the region around the nucleus where electrons are likely to be found?

The electron cloud

500

What are the five senses?
 

Sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell?

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