Vocabulary
Periodic Table
Element or Compound?
Electron Energy Levels
Challenge Questions
100

A substance composed of only 1 type of atom, organized on the Periodic Table. 

What is an Element?

100

Element families are arranged in ____, and they share similar properties. 

What are Groups/Columns?
100

H2O

What is a Compound? (Water)

100

The energy level that is the smallest and closest to the nucleus. 

What is Energy level 1 / K?

100

Helium has __ valence electron(s) and __ energy level(s).

What is 2 valence electrons and 1 energy level? (K Energy level)

200

A subatomic particle that orbits outside the nucleus with a negative charge. 

What is an Electron?

200

The Periodic Table is organized by.... 

What is Increasing Atomic Number?

200

O2 

What is an Element? (Oxygen Gas)

200

The energy level that can hold up to 8 electrons.

What is energy level 2 / L?

200

Mg has __ valence electrons (electrons in the outermost shell). Mg has 12 protons/electrons and goes to energy level M. 

What is 2 valence electrons?
300

A subatomic particle that lives in the nucleus with a positive charge. 

What is a Proton?

300

The ____ are unreactive and have a full outer shell of electrons (full valence shell). 

What are Noble Gases?

300

NaCl

What is a Compound? (Table Salt)

300

The energy level that can hold 32 electrons.

What is the Energy Level 4 / N?

300

Explain why H2 is not a compound.

What is it is only made up of 1 type of atom (Hydrogen), so therefore it is an element, not a compound.

400

A molecule that has 2 or more elements that are chemically bonded together.

What is a Compound?

400

The _____ are the most reactive elements that are in the first group of the Periodic Table.

What is an Alkali Metal?
400

F2

What is an Element? (Fluoride Gas)

400

K, L, M, and N combined can hold up to ___ electrons. 

What is 60?

400

Explain the differences between Physical Changes and Chemical Changes. 

Physical: Color, taste, anything that you can observe with your senses, phase changes (like states of matter)

Chemical: Reacts, makes a new substance, breaks down a substance, something new

500

A molecule that has an uneven amount of protons and electrons, giving it a charge. 

What is an Ion?

500
There are ____ elements on the Periodic Table.

What is 118?

500

CO

What is a Compound? (Carbon Monoxide)

500

Scientists theorize that energy level ___ can hold up to ___ electrons. 

What is energy level Q and 98 electrons?

500

C12H22O11 is ____, a _____ that has ___ different types of atoms.

What is (1) Sugar, a (2) compound that has (3) 3 different types of atoms. 



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