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Atoms and Perodic Table Megan Mayer

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is a proton?

Back (Answer)

A particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom

#2
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What is the nucleus?

Back (Answer)

An atoms central region which is made up of protons and neutrons

#3
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What is neutron?

Back (Answer)

A particle that has no charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom

#4
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What is a electron?

Back (Answer)

A particle that has a negative charge

#5
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What is a orbital?

Back (Answer)

A region in a atom where there is a high probability of finding electrons.

#6
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What is a valence electron?

Back (Answer)

An electron that is found in the outer most shell of an atom and determines the atoms chemical properties

#7
Front (Question)

What is the periodic law?

Back (Answer)

The law that repeats Chemical and physical properties of elements change on the periodic table with the atomic numbers

#8
Front (Question)

What is a period?

Back (Answer)

A horizontal row of elements on the periodic table

#9
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What is a group?

Back (Answer)

A vertical column of the elects on the periodic table

#10
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What is a ion?

Back (Answer)

A atom or group of atoms that has lost or gained one or more electrons and ha s a negative or positive charge

#11
Front (Question)

What is a atomic number?

Back (Answer)

The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

#12
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What is a mass number?

Back (Answer)

The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

#13
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What is a isotope?

Back (Answer)

An atom that has the same number of protons as other atoms of the same element do but has a different amount of neutrons

#14
Front (Question)

What is the atomic mass unit (amu)?

Back (Answer)

A unit of mass that describes the mass of an atom or molecule, it’s exactly one twelfth of a carbon atom with mass number of 12

#15
Front (Question)

What is the average atomic mass?

Back (Answer)

The weighted average of the masses of all naturally occurring isotopes of an element

#16
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What is a metal?

Back (Answer)

An element that is shiny and conducts heat and electricity well

#17
Front (Question)

What is a nonmetal?

Back (Answer)

An element that conducts heat and electricity poorly

#18
Front (Question)

What is a semiconductor?

Back (Answer)

An element or compound that conducts electric currents better than an insulator but not as good as a conductor

#19
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What is alkali metal?

Back (Answer)

One of the elements of Group 1 of the periodic table

#20
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What is alkaline earth metal?

Back (Answer)

One of the elements of Group 2 of the periodic table

#21
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What is transition metal?

Back (Answer)

One of the elements of Groups 3-12 of the periodic table

#22
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What is halogen?

Back (Answer)

One of the elements of Group 17 of the periodic table

#23
Front (Question)

What is noble gas?

Back (Answer)

An unreactive element of group 18 of the periodic table

#24
Front (Question)

What is a mole?

Back (Answer)

The Si unit used to measure the amount of a substance whose number of particles is the same as the number of atoms