Scientists
Vocabulary
Elements
Noble-Gas Configuration
Electrons
100

French Scientist that compiled a list of all elements that were known at the time.

Who is Antoine Lavoisier?

100

Good Conductors of heat and electricity.

What are Metals?

100

Metalloid with the symbol Ge

What is Germanium?

100

Configuration of Neon

What is [He]2s²2p⁶ ?

100

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What is Oxygen?

200

By arranging the elements in order of Increasing atomic number, solved the problems with the order of the elements in the periodic table.

Who is Henry Moseley?

200

States that atoms tend to gain, lose or share electrons in order to acquire a full set of eight valence electrons.

What is the Octet rule?

200

Nonmetal with the symbol Xe

What is Xenon?

200

Configuration of Lithium

What is [He] 2s1 ?

200

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What is Nitrogen?

300

Discovered that atoms of each element contain a unique number of protons in their nuclei.

Who is Henry Moseley?

300

Group 17 of the periodic table that consists of highly reactive elements.

What are halogens?

300

Metal with the symbol Tl

What is Thallium?

300

Configuration of Potassium

What is [Ar] 4s¹ ?

300

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What is Bromine?

400

Each demonstrated a connection between atomic mass and the properties of elements.

Who is Meyer and Mendeleev?

400

An atom or a bonded group of atoms that has a positive or negative charge.

What is an Ion?

400

Metal in the Lanthanide series with the symbol Sm

What is Samarium?

400

Configuration of Argon

What is [Ne] 3s² 3p⁶ ?

400
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What is Magnesium?

500

Noticed that when the elements were arranged by increasing atomic mass, their properties repeated every eighth element.

Who is John Newlands?

500

Electrons In an atom’s outermost orbital.

What is a Valence electron?

500

Metal in the Actinide series with the symbol Th

What is Thorium?

500

Configuration of Krypton

What is [Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ ?

500

+4

What is Tin?