States of Matter
This state of matter has a fixed volume and shape.
What is a solid?
This family is highly reactive with water.
What are the Alkaline Earth Metals?
This is the number of elements in the periodic table.
What is 118?
This element's atomic symbol is O.
What is oxygen?
This subatomic particle has a negative charge and are found in shells in an atom.
What is an electron?
What is a liquid?
This family is all gases and are very stable.
What are the Noble Gases?
This is the number of elements that are liquid at room temperature (25 degrees C)
What is 2? (Extra points if you can name them!)
This element has an atomic symbol of Cl.
What is chlorine?
This name is given to the centre of an atom that holds 99.9% of the atom's mass but only uses 0.01% of its volume.
What is the nucleus?
This state of matter requires a large amount of energy to ionize a gas atom.
What is plasma?
This family is all gases and are highly reactive.
What are the Halogens?
This is the number of liquids on the periodic table.
What is 18?
What is silver?
The number of this subatomic particle changes to create different isotopes of an element, such as Carbon-12 & Carbon-14.
What is a neutron?
This state of matter is the most compressible.
What is gas?
This family is made of metals such as aluminum, tin and gold.
What are the Transition Metals?
This is the most common element on the planet.
What is oxygen?
This atomic symbol for this element is Cu, from the latin cuprum, it is a reddish, highly-conductible metal essential for modern electrical wiring.
What is copper?
This subatomic particle (composed of 2 up quarks, 1 down quark and held with gluons) defines the atomic number of an element.
What are protons?
This state of matter has the lowest density.
What is gas?
This family contains 7 elements including carbon, nitrogen and sulphur.
What are the non-metals?
This is the most common element in the universe.
Whaty is hydrogen?
This element's atomic symbol is K, from the Latin kalium. It is a soft, white metal that reacts vigorously with water and is essential for proper nerve functioning in all living organisms.
What is potassium?
Atoms are mostly composed of this.
What is empty space?