Atoms
What is the smallest basic building block of matter?
an atom
What is in the upper left corner of every element?
The atomic number
What is all matter comprised of?
tiny, definite particles called atoms
what is when solid turns to liquid
Melting
what state has the particles moving the fastest?
gas
what are different types of atoms called?
elements
What is on the bottom of each's element's symbol?
Atomic mass
Atoms are indivisible and?
indestructible
what is when solid turns to gas?
Sublimation
Changing state requires add or removing what?
energy (heat)
what is it called when two or more elements combine?
a molcule
The atomic number is the same as the elements number of
protons
All atoms of a particular element share identical properties, including?
weight
what is when liquid turns to gas?
Evaporation
what is the 4th state of matter?
plasma
what is in the atoms nucleus?
protons and neutrons
If I take away the atomic number from the atomic mass, I have
the number of neutrons
Atoms of different elements contain different?
Mass
What is when a gas turns to solid?
Deposition
what is used to explain th e behavior of the states of matter we obseve
KMT
what orbits around the nucleus?
electrons
the number of electrons is equal to
the atomic number
Atoms of different elements combine in fixed whole-number ratios when forming?
compounds
what is when gas turns to a liquid
Condesdation
the what between particles decreases with an increase in distance
attraction