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What halogen is added to drinking water and toothpaste to help prevent tooth decay?

flourine

100

What is formed by electrons zooming around the nucleus of an atom?

electron cloud

100

What is the chart of organized arrangement of all known elements?

periodic table of elements

100

What do we call two or more atoms that are firmly bound together?

molecule

100

What kind of charges attract?

opposite

100

What is a substance that is composed of only one type of atom?

element

100

What is the hardest of all known substances?

diamond

200

Are most metals solid or liquid?

solid

200

What is the very hard, important ingredient in stainless steel and rechargeable batteries?

nickel

200

What are the highly reactive elements that tend to form compounds with alkali and alkaline earth metals?

halogens

200

What type of charge does a proton have?

positive

200

Will a neutral atom have an equal number of protons and electrons or will the numbers be different?

equal

200

What is a substance that is composed of two or more types of atom and are bonded together?

compound

200

What is a compound made of charged atoms called?

ionic compound

300

What are the names of the particles that compose all matter?

atoms

300

What two particles make up the nucleus of an atom?

protons and neutrons

300

What is the basic building block of the complex compounds found in your body and in all living organisms?

carbon

300

What is the simplest kind of atom and has only one proton and one electron?

hydrogen

300

What do we call the “layers” that electrons in orbit form when they are the same distance from the nucleus?

shell

300
What kind of charges repel?

Same

300

What is a compound made of molecules called?

molecular compound

400

What is anything that takes up space and has mass called? 

matter

400

What is the term for the amount of matter in one unit of volume?

density

400

What two metric forms of unit do we use to measure an object’s mass?

grams and kilograms

400

What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

mercury

400

What do we call something that is lacking an electrical charge?

neutral

400

What happens to iodine when it is heated?

”sublimes” or turns into a gas

400

What are the elements that do not combine with anything else except under unusual circumstances?

noble gases

500

What colorless odorless gas makes up 78% of the earth’s atmosphere?

nitrogen

500

What halogen is used in bleach?

chlorine

500

What is the term for the amount of matter that makes up an object?

mass

500

What tiny particles buzz around the nucleus of an atom?

electrons

500

What semimetal is used to make computer chips and other electronic devices?

silicon

500

What element is the most abundant at the surface of the earth?

oxygen

500

What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature?

mercury

600

What is the study of what substances are made of and how one substance can be changed into another?

chemistry

600

What is the term for the number of protons an atom has?

atomic number

600

What halogen is added to table salt?

iodine

600

What is the measure of the pull of gravity on an object called?

weight

600

What is the dense core at the center of an atom?

nucleus

600

What is the densest of everyday metals?

lead

600

What is the most common alkaline metal?

calcium

700

If two objects have the same volume, but different densities, the object that is made of a denser substance will weigh more or less?

more

700

What is the measure of the pull of gravity on an object and will therefore change from place to place?

weight
700

What are the three main groups of elements?

metals, nonmetals and semimetals

700

What is the process in which atoms of elements or compounds are rearranged to form new substances?

chemical reaction

700

What is the rapid reaction of any substance with oxygen?

combustion

700

What shape do atoms of sodium and chlorine fitted together make?

crystal

700

What transuranium element is the most abundant?

plutonium