Building An Atom
Periodic Table Of Elements
Valence Electrons & Bonding
Quarks, Hadrons, & Leptons; Oh My!
Fission & Fusion
100
These three particles are used to create an atom
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
100
This is the FIRST element on the periodic table, with an atomic number of 1!
What is Hydrogen?
100
This is the magic number that ALL atoms want to have on their outer-most (valence) orbit
What is 8?
100
This classification of matter (of which an electron is one) cannot be broken down into smaller bits
What are Leptons?
100
This element is famously radioactive, and is used in most modern nuclear fission reactors
What is Uranium?
200
Part of an atom that is very tiny, and has a negative charge
What is an electron?
200
This is the number of neutrons in Boron
What is 6?
200
When combined with two Hydrogen atoms, this element creates water!
What is Oxygen?
200
This sub-type of Hadrons is made of three quarks bonded together
What are Baryons?
200
This famous equation, discovered by Einstein, allows us to predict the amount released when a mass is converted directly into energy
What is E=mc2?
300
This determines the TYPE of element an atom is
What is the # of protons?
300
"Aurum" in Latin, this element normally has 118 neutrons.
What is Gold?
300
Table salt is a combination of these two elements.
What is Sodium and Chlorine?
300
This type of matter is formed when you combine a down quark and an anti-down quark
What is a Meson?
300
This is the nuclear process that releases a tremendous amount of energy by combining two smaller elements to form one larger one.
What is fusion?
400
You can determine this by subtracting the atomic mass by the atomic number
What is the # of neutrons?
400
This element with 30 neutrons is found in everything from steel constructions to your blood!
What is Iron?
400
One Calcium atom would bond easily with one atom of this element that normally has 16 neutrons.
What is Sulfur?
400
These are the six types of quarks
What are up, down, top, bottom, strange, and charm?
400
This is how long the nuclear waste from a fission reaction will take to decay.
What is 10,000+ years?
500
This is the force that binds the protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom
What is the strong force?
500
This element, often found in bananas, will bond VERY easily with Chlorine & Fluorine.
What is Potassium?
500
This family of elements is too "high and mighty" to bond with any other elements, since it already has a complete outer shell of electrons.
What are Noble Gases?
500
This is how to create a neutron using quarks.
What are a down quark, an up quark, and another down quark?
500
These are where all the elements other than hydrogen were created, the only place where fusion naturally occurs in the universe.
What are stars?
