The identity of an element.
What is the atomic number?
When 2 smaller atoms combine together
What is fusion?
Used a gold foil experiment to determine his findings.
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
I am an alkaline earth metal with 4 energy levels in my electron cloud.
What is calcium?
I am a halogen with 2 energy levels in my electron cloud.
What is fluorine?
The number of protons in an element.
What is the atomic number?
When 1 larger atom splits into smaller ones
What is fission
Predicted that electrons traveled in fixed orbits around the nucleus.
Who is Niels Bohr?
I have 6 valence electrons and 2 energy levels in my electron cloud.
What is oxygen?
I have 1 valence electron but I am NOT a metal.
What is hydrogen?
The number of protons plus neutrons in an element.
What is the mass number?
What is fusion?
Predicted that the mass of the atom is concentrated in the nucleus.
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
I am the only noble gas that doesn't have 8 valence electrons.
What is helium?
I am a metalloid with 3 valence electrons.
What is boron?
What is the charge?

What is fission?
Found that electrons do NOT travel in fixed orbits.
Who is Erwin Schrödinger and Werner Heisenberg?
I am the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
I am one of the most reactive metals and have 20 neutrons in my most common isotope.
What is a potassium?
The same as the number of valence electrons (when using the Roman numerals).
What is the group number?

What is fusion?
Thought that the atom was a positively charged sphere with negative particles embedded throughout.
Who is J.J. Thomson?
I am a nonreactive element with less protons than K, but more protons than Mg.
What is argon?
I am one of the most reactive nonmetals and have 5 energy levels in my electron cloud.
What is iodine?