Subatomic Particles
The subatomic particle with no net charge
What is a neutron?
Atoms of this element have 6 protons
What is Carbon?
This happens to the atomic number as you move left to right along a period in the periodic table
What is increase?
The type of electrons involved in bonding
What are valence electrons?
Use this number to find the number of protons in the atoms of a particular element
What is the atomic number?
The subatomic particles that have a mass close to 1 amu
What are protons and neutrons?
The number of neutrons in a Helium atom that has a mass number = 4
What is 2?
The name for a row in the periodic table
What is a period?
The kind of bond in which electrons are shared by two atoms
What is a covalent bond?
The maximum number of electrons held by the innermost electron shell
What is 2?
The subatomic particles not found in the nucleus
What are electrons?
The term for atoms that have the same atomic number but different mass numbers
What is isotopes?
What is group 14?
The kind of bonds in which valence electrons are completely transferred between atoms, generating two oppositely charged ions
What are ionic bonds?
The maximum number of electrons held by the second electron shell
What is 8?
What is protons?
The two elements in table salt (NaCl)
What are sodium and chlorine? (It's actually sodium ions (Na+) and chloride ions (Cl-)
The name for elements in group 18 of the periodic table
What are noble gases?
The type of bond caused by the attraction between regions of partial charge on adjacent atoms
What is a hydrogen bond?
The net charge of an atom/ion that has 9 protons, 10 electrons, and 10 neutrons
What is -1?
The smallest of the 3 major subatomic particles by mass
What is the electron?
The four most common elements in living organisms
What are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen?
The two periodic groups that tend to be most reactive
What are groups 1 and 17?
The name for a positively charged ion
What is a cation?
In atoms, the number of these two subatomic particles must be equal
What are protons and electrons?