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ATOMS, ELEMENTS, AND COMPOUNDS STUDY GUIDE
1.
WHAT IS AN ATOM?
AN ATOM IS THE SMALLEST PARTICLE OF AN ELEMENT THAT STILL HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT ELEMENT.
2. WHAT IS FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM?
PROTONS AND NEUTRONS
3. WHAT IS A PROTON?
A POSITIVELY CHARGED PARTICLE FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM
4. WHAT IS THE ATOMIC MASS OF A PROTON?
1 AMU
5. WHAT IS THE CHARGE OF A PROTON?
POSITIVE
6. WHAT IS A NEUTRON?
A NEUTRAL PARTICLE FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM...NO CHARGE!
7. WHAT IS THE ATOMIC MASS OF A NEUTRON?
1 AMU
8. WHAT IS THE CHARGE OF A NEUTRON?
NO CHARGE...NEUTRAL
9. WHAT IS AN ELECTRON?
A TINY NEGATIVELY CHARGED PARTICLE THAT ORBITS THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM
10. WHAT IS THE ATOMIC MASS OF AN ELECTRON?
ALMOST ZERO
11. WHAT IS THE CHARGE OF AN ELECTRON?
NEGATIVE
12. WHERE IS MOST OF THE MASS OF AN ATOM FOUND?
IN THE NUCLEUS
13. WHAT IS THE STANDARD UNIT FOR MEASURING THE MASS OF ATOMIC PARTICLES?
AMU (ATOMIC MASS UNIT)
14. WHAT IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER OF AN ATOM?
IT REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF PROTONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF THE ATOM
ATOMS, ELEMENTS, AND COMPOUNDS STUDY GUIDE
15. HOW DO YOU FIND THE ATOMIC MASS OF AN ATOM?
YOU ADD THE NUMBER OF PROTONS TO THE NUMBER OF NEUTRONS
16. WHAT IS AN ION?
AN ATOM THAT HAS EITHER A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE CHARGE
17. WHAT IS AN ISOTOPE?
AN ATOM THAT HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF NEUTRONS THAN PROTONS
18. WHAT IS AN ELEMENT?
A PURE SUBSTANCE MADE OF ONLY ONE TYPE OF ATOM
19. WHAT IS A COMPOUND?
2 OR MORE ELEMENTS CHEMICALLY COMBINED
20. WHAT IS AN ORGANIC COMPOUND?
A COMPOUND THAT HAS CARBON