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Periodic Table
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Element Identification
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100
What number tells you the number of protons and electrons?
Atomic Number
100
What is the 'brain' of the atom?
Nucleus
100
What is the name of element number 1?
Hydrogen
100
What element has the symbol Xe?
Xenon
100

It tells us the number of Protons in an element

Atomic Number

200
How do you figure out the number of neutrons?
Subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass
200
What particle has a positive charge?
Proton
200
What element has an atomic mass of 238.
U, Uranium
200
What element has 17 electrons?
Chlorine
200

It tells us the number of Protons plus the number of Neutrons

Atomic Mass

300
How do you find an element's atomic mass?
Add the number of neutrons and the number of protons together
300
What particle has no charge?
Neutron
300
What is the name of the element with the elemental symbol Zr?
Zirconium
300
What element's symbol is K?
Potassium
300

Why are some symbols not just the initials of the element?

Those initials are used for other elements

400

What is the largest family of elements on the table?

Metals

400
What particle has a negative charge?
Electron
400
Which element has 42 as its atomic number?
Mo, Molybdenum
400

What element is a gas with 18 Protons?

Argon

400

Give at least 2 characteristics of a Metal

malleable & ductile, conductive, reactive, shiny luster

500

Where are the Electrons located in an atom?

Outside the nucleus, around the nucleus, in shells or orbitals around the nucleus

500
What subatomic particle is not inside the nucleus?
Electrons
500
What element has the elemental symbol Yb?
Ytterbium
500

What element is a solid named after a state with 251 Protons and Neutrons combined

Californium

500

How can we figure out how many Electrons an element has?

Same as the number of Protons if it is neutral - not an ion.