Atoms
What are the subatomic particles found in an atom?
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
What is the maximum number of electrons that can fit in the first shell of an atom?
What is 2?
What is a group on the periodic table?
A vertical column of elements.
What is a cation?
A positively charged ion.
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Where in the atom are the protons and neutrons located?
What is the nucleus?
How many electrons can fit in the second electron shell?
What is 8?
What is a period on the periodic table?
A horizontal row of elements.
What is an anion?
A negatively charged ion.
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What is the charge of an electron?
What is negative?
An atom has 11 electrons. How are they arranged in shells?
What is 2, 8, 1?
Why do elements in the same group have similar properties?
They have the same number of valence electrons.
If a chlorine atom gains one electron, what type of ion does it become?
An anion with a 1− charge.
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If an atom has 8 protons, how many electrons does it have (in a neutral state)?
What is 8?
Why do atoms with full outer shells tend to be unreactive?
Because they are stable and do not need to gain or lose electrons.
Neon lights can contain other noble gases. Which element gives a blue glow when used in lights?
What is argon?
Explain what happens to the number of protons and electrons when a neutral atom becomes a cation.
The number of protons stays the same, but the atom loses one or more electrons, giving it a positive charge.
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What happens to the atomic number and mass number if a neutron is added to an atom?
Atomic number stays the same; mass number increases by 1.
Which of the first 20 elements has the electron configuration 2, 8, 2?
What is magnesium (Mg)?
Identify the position (group and period) of the element magnesium (Mg).
Group 2, Period 3.
A calcium atom loses two electrons. What is the symbol and charge of the resulting ion?
calcium ion with a 2+ charge
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