Atoms
The atomic number
What is the number of protons
The atomic number for Carbon
What is 6?
BONUS: 200 points!
The period that silver is in on the Periodic Table.
What is Period 5?
The name of Groups 3-12 on the Periodic Table.
What are transition metals?
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Element
A substance that cannot be split into a simpler substance
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The atomic mass/weight
What do you call the number of protons and neutrons
The atomic weight of Lithium to the nearest hundredth
What is 6.94?
The average number of neutrons in a gallium atom.
What is 38.7 neutrons?
The name and characteristics of Group 2 on the Periodic Table.
What are Alkali Metals? Shiny, hard, and can form 2+ ions.
Isotope
Two atoms that have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
Draw two different isotopes of Boron.
Answers vary.
The number of valence electrons for Oxygen
What is 6?
High pressure and heat!
The Group name and number on the Periodic Table that has inert elements.
What is Group 18, the Noble Gases?
Ion
An atom with a charge (either positive or negative)
The charge on an atom with 14 protons, 15 electrons, and 13 neutrons.
-1
The number of ______ increases as we go down the Periodic Table.
electron shells
The name of the guy who organized elements into the Periodic Table. (100 Bonus points for correct spelling).
Dmitri Mendeleev
Name all families that are HIGHLY reactive.
Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Halogens.
Valence
"Outer" (either outer shell or outer electron)
The number of electrons in a Magnesium atom that has ionized.
10 electrons
What is periodicity?
Something repeating at regular intervals.
What is the saying we learned for the first 18 elements on the Periodic Table?
Here, here, little boys-- be cool, not old fashioned nerds. Now mother always said "Please stop clowning around."
What makes certain families extremely reactive?
Their valence shell is sparsely filled, and therefore the atom is very unsatisfied!
Chemistry
The study of matter and the changes it undergoes. Looks at the composition, behavior, and properties of matter.