Subatomic
Particle Motion
Phase Changes
Physical Properties
Atoms & Elements
100

What is the positive charged subatomic particle of an atom?

Proton

100

What happens to the motion of particles when thermal energy is added to a substance?

The particles move faster.

100

What phase change occurs when a solid changes into a liquid?


Melting

100

Which property describes how much matter is in an object?

Mass

100

What is the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element?

Atoms

200

What is the negative charge subatomic particle in an atom?

Electron

200

What happens to particle motion when thermal energy is removed?

The particles move more slowly.

200

What phase change occurs when a liquid changes into a gas?


evaporation


200

Which property describes the amount of space an object takes up?

Volume

200

What makes one element different from another element?

The type of atoms that make it up.

300

What is the neutral charged subatomic particle in an atom?

neutron

300

Which has particles moving faster: a cup of hot water or a cup of cold water?

Hot water

300

What happens to particle motion when a liquid freezes?

The particles slow down.

300

Is density dependent or independent of the amount of substance?

Independent

300

A model shows 5 identical blue spheres. What does each sphere represent?

An atom

400

Which subatomic particle is constantly in motion?

Electron

400

Two samples of the same substance are at different temperatures. Which sample has particles with greater average motion?

The sample with the higher temperature.

400

During melting, thermal energy is added to a substance. What happens to the particles?

 Their motion increases as the substance changes from solid to liquid.

400

A pure substance has a melting point of 80°C. If you have twice as much of the substance, what happens to its melting point?

It stays the same.

400

A model contains 4 red atoms and 4 red atoms. Is this one element or two different elements? Explain.

 One element because all the atoms are the same type.

500

What two subatomic particles are in the nucleus of the atom?

Neutrons and protons. 

500

A student heats a solid. Describe what happens to its particles as thermal energy increases.

The particles move/vibrate faster and farther apart.

500

A substance is cooled until it changes from a gas to a liquid. What happens to the particles during this process?

They lose thermal energy, move more slowly, and come closer together.

500

A student has two samples of the same pure substance. Sample A has a mass of 20 g and Sample B has a mass of 40 g. Will their densities be different?

No. Density is independent of the amount of substance.

500

A model shows a substance made of two different types of atoms. Can the substance be classified as a single element?
 No. An element contains only one type of atom.

No. An element contains only one type of atom.

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