It's Elementary
A in Chemistry
Putting it together
"E"asy
This and That
100

H

What is Hydrogen?

100

This is the 18th Element on the Periodic Table

What is Argon?

100

A group of two or more atoms linked by a chemical bond.  The smallest independent unit of a compound.  

What is a molecule?

100

A specific form of matter composed of only one type of atom.  It cannot be divided into different types of matter.  

What is an element? 
100

A group of atoms or molecules that total 6.02 x 10^23.

What is mole?

200
B

What is Boron?

200

An atom that has gained an electron. It has a negative charge

What is an anion?

200

A chemical bond between two (generally similar) elements.

What is a covalent bond?

200

The organization of electrons around the nucleus of an atom.

What is electron configuration?
200

Electron dot diagrams developed in the early 1900s to illustrate valence electrons in elements.

What are Lewis Structures?

300

Li

What is Lithium?

300

The total average number of protons and neutrons in an atom.  

What is atomic mass? 

300

A chemical bond between two (generally dissimilar) elements. 

What is an ionic bond?

300

A region surrounding the nucleus of an atom.

What is energy level?

300

A variation of an atom or atoms based on the loss or gain of an electron. 

What is an ion?

400

Ne

What is Ne?on

400

The unit of measurement for the mass of an atom. 

What is atomic mass units (amu)?

400

A molecule of two identical or the same type of atoms.

What is homonuclear diatomic?

400

A region around the nucleus in which electrons are predicted to be found at any given point.  

What is an electron cloud?

400

An atom that has lost an electron.  It has a positive charge.

What is a cation?

500

Na

What is Sodium?

500

The number of protons contained in an atom.

What is atomic number? 

500

The combined masses of each atom in a molecule 

What is molecular mass?

500

This isn't just "E"asy--It's "V"ery "E"asy.

An electron found in the outermost (usually incompletely filled) orbital of an atom.

What is a valence electon?

500

Another name for an energy level; a field that defines the pattern and position in which electons move about the nucleus of an atom.

What is an orbital?