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atoms in the periodic table- Chelsea

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What is a proton?

Back (Answer)

A particle in the nucleus with a positive charge

#2
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What is a nucleus?

Back (Answer)

The center and most important part of an atom

#3
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What is a neutron?

Back (Answer)

Atomic particle in the nucleus without an electric charge

#4
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What is an electron?

Back (Answer)

Found in the electron cloud with a negative charge.

#5
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What is an orbital?

Back (Answer)

Area on a atom where you are likely to find electrons

#6
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What is valence electron?

Back (Answer)

Electron found in the outer most shell that determines the atoms chemical properties.

#7
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What is the period law?

Back (Answer)

Properties of an element change with the atomic numbers of the elements.

#8
Front (Question)

What is a period?

Back (Answer)

Horizontal row in the periodic table

#9
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What is a group?

Back (Answer)

Vertical columns in the periodic table

#10
Front (Question)

What is a metal?

Back (Answer)

Conducts electricity and heat and is shiny

#11
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What is a nonmetal?

Back (Answer)

Conducts heat and electricity poorly.

#12
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What is a semiconductor?

Back (Answer)

Substance that can conduct electricity under some conditions

#13
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What is a alkali metal?

Back (Answer)

Very reactive metals in group 1 of periodic table

#14
Front (Question)

What is a alkaline- earth metal?

Back (Answer)

Reactive metals that form basic oxides and can react with water

#15
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What is a transition metal?

Back (Answer)

They mix with other elements to form coordination compounds

#16
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What are halogens?

Back (Answer)

Non metallic elements that form to make salt

#17
Front (Question)

What is a noble gas?

Back (Answer)

Gases of the periodic table that were thought to not form with anything else

#18
Front (Question)

What is a ion?

Back (Answer)

An atom or molecule with a charge

#19
Front (Question)

What is atomic number?

Back (Answer)

The atomic number tells how many protons and electrons are in an element.

#20
Front (Question)

What is atomic mass?

Back (Answer)

Tells how many neutrons are in an element. Subtract number from mass to find neutrons.

#21
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What are isotopes?

Back (Answer)

Two or more forms of the same element that have same amount of protons but different number of neutrons

#22
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What is atomic mass unit?

Back (Answer)

The average of the protons and neutrons rest mass. AMU

#23
Front (Question)

What is average atomic mass?

Back (Answer)

Sum of the masses of the isotopes multiple by its natural abundance

#24
Front (Question)

What is a mole?

Back (Answer)

The amount of pure substance containing the same as its chemical unit.