Vocabulary
Atoms & Atomic Structure
E/M/C
Periodic Table
Physical or Chemical?
Balancing Equations
100

What is the center of an atom called?

What is the nucleus? 

100

What is the smallest unit of an element?

What is an atom?

100

What is a mixture where different parts are visible?

What is a heterogeneous mixture?

100

What are vertical columns in the periodic table called?

What are groups or families?

100

 Rusting of iron

What is a chemical change?

100

What is the purpose of coefficients in a chemical equation?

What is to show the number of molecules in the reaction?

200

What are the negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus?

 What are electrons?

200

What subatomic particle has a positive charge?

What are protons?

200

Define a pure substance.

What is a substance with a fixed composition?

200

 What are the elements in group 1 known as?

What are alkali metals?

200

Melting ice

What is a physical change?

200

What do subscripts in a chemical formula represent?

What is the number of atoms of each element in a molecule?

300

What term describes a substance made of two or more different elements chemically bonded together?

What is a compound?

300

Where are protons and neutrons located in an atom?

What is the nucleus?

300

How does a homogeneous mixture differ from a heterogeneous one?


What is a homogeneous mixture has a uniform composition throughout and a heterogeneous mixture consists of visibly different substances.

300

Where are nonmetals located on the periodic table?

What is on the right side?

300

Is solubility a chemical or physical property?

What is physical property?

300

How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced?

What is if the number of each type of atom is the same on both sides?

400

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

What is the atomic number?

400

What distinguishes an element from a compound?

What is that an element is made of one kind of atom, while a compound is made of two or more different atoms?

400

What property distinguishes a compound from a mixture?

What is a compound is chemically bonded together and a mixture is not.

400

Which group of elements in the periodic table is known for having full outer electron shells and being inert?

What are the noble gases?

400

Toxicity is a...?

What is chemical property?

400

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?

What is matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction?

500

What is the term for the electrons in the outer shell of an atom?

What are valence electrons?


500

 How many electrons makes an element stable (HINT: Full outer shell)?

What is 8 electrons?

500

Provide 2 ways mixtures can be separated.

What is filtering, sifting, distillation, by hands, chromatography?

500

What element has 26 protons and is well-known for being a key metal in construction and manufacturing?

What is iron (Fe)?

500

What is the main difference between physical and chemical properties?

What is physical properties can be observed without changing the substance, while chemical properties can only be observed when a substance undergoes a chemical change?

500

Balance the equation: H₂ + O₂ → H₂O.

What is 2H₂ + O₂ → 2H₂O?