What's the Matter?
Atomic All-Stars
Table Talk
Mix It Up
The Number Crunchers
100

This is the name for the three basic forms in which matter exists

What are solids, liquids, and gases?

100

This particle has a positive charge.

What is a proton?

100

This number tells you how many protons are in an atom.

What is the atomic number?

100

This is a pure substance made of only one kind of atom

What is an element?

100

You subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass to find this

What is the number of neutrons?

200

This state of matter has a definite shape and definite volume.

What is a solid?

200

This particle has no charge.

What is a neutron?

200

This is the vertical column on the periodic table where elements with similar properties are found

What is a group (or family)?

200

This is a substance made of two or more elements chemically combined.

What is a compound?

200

Oxygen has an atomic number of 8 and atomic mass of 16. It has this many neutrons

What is 8?

300

In this state, particles spread out and move freely.

What is a gas?

300

This particle has a negative charge.

What is an electron?

300

This scientist is credited with creating the first periodic table

Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?

300

This one is made of more than one type of atom: O₂ or H₂O

What is H₂O?

300

An element with 12 protons and 12 neutrons has this atomic mass.

What is 24?

400

Solids keep their shape because of this arrangement of their atoms.

What is tightly packed and linked together?

400

This is the smallest unit of matter.

What is an atom?

400

This is the horizontal row of elements on the periodic table.

What is a period?

400

This thing is NOT matter because it does not have mass or volume.

What is light (or heat, sound)?

400

Carbon (atomic number 6, atomic mass 12) has this many protons, neutrons, and electrons.

What are 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons?

500

This state of matter has particles packed so tightly that they only vibrate, this state has particles that slide past each other, and this state has particles that move freely and spread far apart 


(Answer must be in correct order)

What are solids, liquids, and gases?

500

This part of the atom holds almost all of its mass.

What is the nucleus?

500

Elements in the same column of the periodic table share these.

What are similar properties?

500

This type of substance is formed when atoms bond together chemically, while this type is just a physical blend of substances without bonding.


(Answer must be in correct order)

What is a compound and a mixture?

500

An atom with 20 protons, 20 electrons, and 22 neutrons is this element with this atomic mass.

What is calcium with atomic mass 42?

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