Atomic Theory
Atomic Structure & Ions
Reading the Periodic Table
Periods, Families, and Regions
Metals, Non-metals, Metalloids er Category Name
100

This property of electrons allows them to move between shells when they gain or lose energy.[1]

Answer: What is energy

100

The table that compares charge and location of proton, neutron, and electron is called this kind of table.[1]

Answer: What is a table of subatomic particles

100

On the simplified periodic table in your notes, this number is shown above the element symbol.[1]

Answer: What is the atomic number

100

Region A on the simplified periodic table in your notes contains these strongly reactive metallic elements.[1]

Answer: What are alkali metals

100

A substance that breaks or crumbles easily is described by this term.[1]

Answer: What is brittle

200

In early models, atoms were thought to be indivisible and solid, like tiny spheres, by this scientist.[1]

Answer: Who is Dalton

200

A neutral atom of oxygen with atomic number 8 has this many electrons.[1]

Answer: What is 8

200

On the simplified periodic table in your notes, this quantity is shown below the element name.[1]

Answer: What is the atomic mass

200

Region B contains these reactive metallic elements just to the right of the alkali metals.[1]

Answer: What are alkaline earth metals

200

Metals generally have this type of surface appearance, which reflects light well.[1]

Answer: What is shiny lustre

300

Thomson’s model is sometimes called this kind of model because electrons were embedded in a positive “dough.”[1]

Answer: What is the plum pudding model

300

A neutral atom of magnesium with atomic number 12 has this many protons.[1]

Answer: What is 12?

300

This term describes the typical electric charges an element’s atoms acquire when forming ions.[1]

Answer: What is ion charge

300

Region F on the simplified periodic table includes these very unreactive gases.[1]

Answer: What are noble gases

300

Non-metals are typically this state at room temperature, with some being brittle solids.[1]

Answer: What are gases?

400

The idea that atoms have a dense, positively charged nucleus surrounded by electrons in space came from this scientist’s work.[1]

Answer: Who is Rutherford

400

In a neutral atom, this pair of subatomic particle numbers must be equal.[1]

Answer: What are protons and electrons

400

The periodic table uses different regions to show metals, non-metals, and these “in-between” elements.[1]

Answer: What are metalloids?

400

Region E on the simplified periodic table contains strongly reactive non-metals, including this family.[1]

Answer: What are the halogens

400

Metalloids, like silicon, are often used as these in electronics because they conduct only under certain conditions.[1]

Answer: What are semiconductors

500

Bohr’s atomic model successfully explained the line spectrum of this element before being extended.[1]

Answer: What is hydrogen

500

The region where electrons move around the nucleus is sometimes called this cloud.[1]

Answer: What is the electron cloud?

500

The periodic table organizes elements in order of increasing this quantity.[1]

Answer: What is atomic number

500

The periodic table’s patterns, such as groups of metals and non-metals, are a result of this scientist’s organization.[1]

Answer: Who is Mendeleev?

500

Metals are good at conducting both of these forms of energy.[1]

Answer: What are heat and electricity