Subatomic Particles
Vocabulary
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Forces
Charges
100
Protons, Nuetrons, Electrons
What are the 3 subatomic particles?
100
The smallest unit of an element that has all of the properties of an elment.
What is an atom?
100
The number of protons determines this.
What is the atomic number?
100
What holds atoms together
What is electric Force?
100
Are usually solid at room temperature.
What is Electrical Charge?
200
Found in the nucleus
What is protons and nuetrons?
200
The tiny, very dense positively charged region in the center of an atom.
What is the nucleus?
200
a basic substance that can't be simplified
What is an element?
200
charges that repel
What are like charges?
200
are the charge carriers that flow in an electrical circuit from the negative to positive terminals.
What are electrons?
300
The atomic number is based on the number of this subatomic particle
What is a proton?
300
Protons and electrons are used to find this. Benjamin Franklin did experiments showing this “new” property of matter
What is the electrical charge?
300
the smallest amount of an element
What is atom?
300
Charges that attract
What are unlike charges?
300
1.6 x 10-19C
What is the charge of a proton?
400
inherent physical property responsible for electrical and magnetic phenomena
What is an Electric Charge
400
Particles smaller than an atom.
What are subatomic particles?
400
two or more atoms that are chemically joined together
What is a molecule?
400
kind of electricity can be caused by rubbing two materials together
What is Static Electricity?
400
is the same size as the one on an electron
What is the protons charge?
500
An atom will usually have the same number of positives and negatives
What is a neutral atom?
500
is represented by the letter q
What is charge?
500
a molecule that contains more than one element
What is a compound?
500
a discharge of static electricity in the atmosphere
What is lightning?
500
the Greek idea that illustrates that electric charges can exert forces
What is the Amber Effect?
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