Atoms & Subatomic Particles
This particle has a positive charge and is found in the nucleus.
What is a proton?
A pure substance made of only one type of atom.
What is an element?
Stored energy due to position is called this.
What is potential energy?
The outermost layer of Earth is called this.
What is the crust?
This element is the backbone of organic chemistry.
What is carbon?
This particle has no charge and is also found in the nucleus.
What is a neutron?
A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined.
What is a compound?
This type of energy is associated with temperature and heat.
What is thermal energy?
Broken pieces of Earth’s crust are called this.
What are tectonic plates?
Compounds made of only carbon and hydrogen are called this.
What are hydrocarbons?
This particle has a negative charge and orbits the nucleus.
What is an electron?
Matter that has a uniform composition throughout is called this.
What is a homogeneous mixture?
The energy of motion is called this.
What is kinetic energy?
The process of breaking down rock is called this.
What is weathering?
Fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas are called this.
What are fossil fuels?
The number of these particles determines the element’s identity.
What are protons?
A mixture where different parts can be seen easily.
What is a heterogeneous mixture?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed is known as this law.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The movement of sediment from one place to another is called this.
What is erosion?
Large molecules made of repeating units are called this.
What are polymers?
This term refers to atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.
What are isotopes?
This process separates mixtures based on differences in boiling points.
What is distillation?
The ability to do work is defined as this.
What is energy?
This layer lies beneath the crust and is the thickest layer.
What is the mantle?
This type of carbon structure includes diamond and graphite.
What are carbon allotropes?