Atoms & Matter
Vocabulary Words
Chemical Bonds
Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids!
Odds and ends.
100

TRUE or FALSE: Everything except energy is made of matter and matter is made of atoms. 

What is TRUE?

100

The study of matter. 

What is chemistry?

100

What do chemical bonds do?

What is hold atoms together to form molecules or compounds?


100

Elements found on the LEFT side of the periodic table. 

What is metals?

100

TRUE or FALSE: all elements on the modern day periodic table are naturally occuring. 

What is false?

200

TRUE or FALSE: all atoms of the same element are the same. 

What is true?

200

A charged particle.

What is an ion?

200

This type of bond forms between a metal and a nonmetal. 

What is an ionic bond?

200

Usually malleable, able to conduct electricity, and shiny. 

What are metals?


200

How many protons does an element with atomic number 17 have?

What is 17 protons?

300

The three parts of an atom. 

What is proton, neutrons, and electrons?

300

Electrons on the outside of the electron cloud // the outermost electrons. 

What is valence electrons?


300

This type of bond occurs between two nonmetals

What is covalent bonding?
300

This group of nonmetals is unreactive because it has a full valence shell. 

What is the noble gases?

300

The unit we use when discussing atomic weights because pounds, grams or ounces would be WAY too big. 

What is the atomic mass unit?

400

The part of the atom that hold the protons and neutrons. 

What is the nucleus?


400

A covalently bonded compound. 

What is a molecule?

400

This type of bond involves sharing electrons instead of transferring them. 

What is covalent bond?

400

Elements that have some properties of metals and some of nonmetals. 

What are the metalloids?

400

The chemist who predicted the discovery of two elements based on gaps in his proposed periodic table. 

Who is Mendeleev?

500

The negatively charged subatomic particle that is most involved in reactions. 

What is the electron?

500

This number tells how many protons + neutrons are in an atom. 

What is the atomic number?

500

The strongest type of bond. 

What is an ionic bond?

500

The only metal that is liquid at room temperature. 

What is mercury?

500

How many neutrons does an atom with atomic number 12 and atomic mass of 24.3 have?

What is 12 electrons?