CHEMICAL REACTIONS
MATTER AND ATOMS
PERIODIC TABLE
MOLECULES AND COMPUNDS
FACTS AND CHEMISTRY
100

 What are the starting materials in a chemical reaction called?

What are reactants?

100

What is matter?

What is anything that takes up space and has mass?

100

 Who created the periodic table?

 Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?

100

What is a molecule?

What is formed when two or more atoms bond together?

100

True or False: Chemistry only studies substances in laboratories.

What is False? (Chemistry studies substances in all aspects of life.)



200

 What do we call the substances formed as a result of a chemical reaction?

What are products?

200

What are the smallest particles of matter called?

 What are atoms?

200

 How are elements organized in the periodic table?

What is by atomic number and properties?

200

 Give an example of a molecule.

 What is O2 (oxygen)?

200

 How many known elements are there?

What is 118?

300

Give an example of a chemical reaction.

 What is the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen to form water (H2O)? OR ANY OTHER TYPE

300

What are elements?

 What are substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances?

300

What is the symbol for oxygen?

What is O?



300

What is a compound?

 What is a molecule that contains different elements?

300

What is the charge of a proton?

What is positive?

400

 True or False: Chemical reactions only happen in laboratories.

 What is False? (Chemical reactions occur constantly in living organisms.)

400

 What three particles make up an atom?

 What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?

400

 What do elements in the same column of the periodic table have in common?

What are similar properties?

400

 How do compounds differ from the elements they contain?

What are compounds have different properties than the elements they contain?



400

 What is the charge of an electron?

What is negative?

500

 What are the two main types of chemical bonds found in molecules?

What are ionic bonds and covalent bonds?

500

 What determines the identity of an element?

What is the number of protons in its nucleus?

500

Name the atomic numbers of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, and phosphorus.

 What are 7 (nitrogen), 8 (oxygen), 6 (carbon), and 15 (phosphorus)?

500

 Why are compounds important for living organisms?

What is because they form the basis of cells and biological processes?



500

Why is chemistry important for understanding life?

What is because every living organism relies on chemical reactions?