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The most electronegative element:
What is fluorine?
The current model for the atom is called this.
What is the quantum mechanical model?
The early Greek philosopher responsible for the idea of the atom.
Who is Democritus?
The vertical columns are called these.
What are groups/families?
This orbital can house just two electrons.
What is the s - orbital?
The element with the largest atomic size:
What is Francium?
This model introduced electrons into the atomic model.
What is the Plum-Pudding Model?
The first scientist to publish an atomic theory to attempt to explain the makeup of the atom and its properties.
Who is John Dalton
The horizontal rows are called these.
What are periodts?
This sub-orbital can be found as the last term in halogens and noble gasses alike.
What is the p - orbital?
Which is more electronegative: Carbon or Nitrogen?
What is nitrogen?
The probability region to determine where an electron could be.
What is the electron cloud?
This scientist won the Nobel Prize for Physics with his work on discovering the neutron, a neutrally-charged particle in the nucleus.
Who is James Chadwick?
The father of the periodic table responsible for the initial development of the periodic table.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
The last sub-orbital to be completely filled for Potassium.
What is the 3p sub-orbital?
Which is more electronegative: Sr or Br?
What is Br?
In John Dalton's formation of atomic theory, John Dalton said this is how elements combined to form compounds.
What are simple, whole-number ratios?
Matter can gain or lose energy in small, specific amounts called these.
What are quanta?
The weighted average of the masses of the different isotopes for a particular element.
What is atomic weight?
These orbitals start at lower energy levels in comparison.
What are the d and f sub-orbitals?
The halogen with the lowest ionization energy.
What is Ts?
The main finding from the Gold Foil experiment.
What is the idea that the atom is mostly empty space?
Niels Bohr said an electron enters this state when an atom gains energy.
What is an excited state?
The reason why elements in the same families have similar chemical and physical properties.
What are valence electrons?
The shorthand configuration of Iodine.
What is [Kr] 5s2 4d10 5p5?