Structure of the atom
Isotopes and AXZ
Ions
Vocabulary
Name that Element
100

The subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus in what is referred to as the "cloud".

What is the electron?

100

The subatomic particle that is represented by the "Z" value in AXZ notation.

What is the proton?

100

The particle that affects the charge of an atom when it is gained/lost.

What is the electron?

100

The term for the different versions of an atom that have different masses.

What is an isotope?

100
C

What is Carbon?

200

The TWO subatomic particles that carry a charge, either positive or negative.

What are protons and electrons?

200

The sorting of the periodic table, in ascending order from left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

What is the atomic number? OR What is the proton count?

200

The net charge on an atom containing 13 protons and 10 electrons.

What is 3+?

200

The term for an atom that has gained electrons and thus become negatively charged.

What is an anion?
200

The element with atomic number 19.

What is Potassium?

300
The TWO subatomic particles that have mass.

What are protons and neutrons?

300

The mass number in the isotope 55Mn25

What is 55?

300

The number of valence electrons Phosphorus will need to gain in order to satisfy the octet rule?

What is 3?

300

The number that represents the mass of one specific atom, found by adding that atom's proton and neutron count together.

What is the mass number?

300

The noble gas that has 18 electrons.

What is Argon?

400

The property of the atom that is affected when neutron count is changed.

What is the mass?

400

The neutron count in the isotope Cadmium-112.

What is 64?

400
The 6 main group elements from the periodic table that will always ionize with a charge of 2+?

What are Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Ra?

400

The one number that represents the average mass of all isotopes of a given element, located on the periodic table and usually a decimal.

What is the atomic mass?

400

The element with a mass number of 34 and a neutron count of 18.

What is Sulfur?

500

The number of electrons that can fit within the third energy level (shell) of an atom.

What is 18?

500

The AXZ notation for and isotope of Silicon with 15 neutrons.

What is 29Si14?

500

The electron count of the ion: 79Se2-34

What is 36?

500

The name of an Oxygen atom after it has been ionized by gaining 2 electrons to become O2-

What is oxide?
500

The ion that has gained one valence electron to satisfy the octet rule, giving it a total of 54 electrons.

What is Iodide?

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