Atoms
Elements
Vocabulary
Periodic Table
Metals, Nonmetals or Metalloids?
100

This is a small particle that makes up most types of elements on earth

What is an atom

100

Period 4, Group 8

What is iron

100

state that matter is neither created nor destroyed, only changed in form

What is the Law of Conservation of Matter

100

These are found on the far right side of the periodic table and are nonreactive because they have 8 electrons in their outer energy level

What are noble gases

100

Is the following a metal, nonmetal or metalloid?:

Oxygen

What is a nonmetal

200

This is an uncharged particle in the nucleus of the atom.

What is a neutron

200
Group 5, Period 2

What is nitrogen

200

This is the amount of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

What is mass number
200

These elements are usually found below or beside the periodic table

What are actinides and lanthanides

200

Is the following a metal, nonmetal or metalloid?:

Boron

What is a metalloid

300
These are atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons.
What is an isotope
300

Group 2, Period 6

What is barium

300

This is the place where electrons hang out in the current atomic model

What is the electron cloud

300

What number tells you how many electrons are found in the outer energy level of an atom?

What is the group number

300

Is the following a metal, nonmetal or metalloid?:

Iron

What is a metal

400
This is a positively charged particle in the nucleus of the atom
What is a proton
400

Nonmetal, 9 protons in its nucleus

What is fluorine

400

These are the columns on the periodic table

What are groups or families

400

What is the general location of metals on the periodic table?

What is the left side or middle

400

These tend to be shiny, malleable, and good conductors of heat and electricity 

What are metals

500
This is a negatively charged subatomic particle
What is an electron
500

Metal, liquid at room temperature, 121 neutrons in its nucleus

What is mercury

500

This is the type of bonding that consists of positively charged ions that are surrounded by a sea of freely moving electrons 

What is metallic bonding

500

This is the name of the scientist who devised the shape of the modern periodic table

Who is Mendeleev

500

These tend to be gases or brittle solids at room temperature and are poor conductors of heat and electricity 

What are nonmetals