Elements
These cannot be broken down into smaller substances
What are elements?
What is a symbol?
These two particles live inside the nucleus
What are protons and neutrons?
This is the center of an atom
What is the nucleus?
This is a combination of two or more elements
What is a compound?
All element symbols have how many letters?
What is one or two?
The periodic table is a chart that shows
What are elements?
Neutrons have this type of charge
These orbit around the nucleus in an atom
What are electrons?
This is the smallest part of a compound
What is a molecule?
This is the smallest particle of an element
What is an atom?
This group of elements think they are the "most important"
What are the noble gasses?
Protons have this type of charge
What is positive?
These do NOT change the atomic mass of an element because they are so tiny
What are electrons?
Compounds can only be separated by this process
What is chemical change?
The number of protons in an atom determine this about an element
What is the atomic number?
Many names on the Periodic Table come from this ancient language
What is Latin?
Electrons have this type of charge
What is negative?
All matter is made of these
What are atoms?
Water, or H2O, would be considered this
What is a compound?
Elements belong to one of these three groups
Metals, non-metals, metalloids
New elements are named after these individuals
Who is the person that discovered them?
Electrons do not affect the mass of an atom because they are this
What is tiny?
All elements on the Periodic Table have an atomic symbol, an atomic number and this
What is atomic mass?
This is the largest group on the Periodic Table
What are the transition metals?