Download Study Guide Chapter 4

Science Study Guide Chapter 4
1. Compared to metals, nonmetals are more brittle as a solid.
2. Under ordinary, room temperature conditions, the greatest number of
elements are metallic solids.
3. Carbon cannot be broken down into anything simpler by chemical
means, so carbon must be an element.
4. How many naturally occurring elements are found on the earth in
significant quantities? 92
5. Isotopes are atoms of an element with identical chemical properties
but with different numbers of protons.
6. The masses of all isotopes are based on a comparison to the mass of a
particular isotope of hydrogen.
7. The sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an
atom is called the atomic mass.
8. The weighted average of the masses of the stable isotopes of an
element as they occur in nature is called the atomic number.
9. The modern periodic law is based on atomic mass.
10.
Each family, or group, of elements in a vertical column of the
periodic table has elements with chemical characteristics that are
similar.