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- 4. the center of an atom; made up of protons and neutrons
- 5. a vertical column of elements in the periodic table
- 6. (two words) the properties of elements tend to repeat in a regular pattern when elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number
- 8. the elemnts that are usually poor conductors of heat and electricity
- 9. the smallest particle that has the properties of an element
- 10. another name for group
- 11. a negatively charged subatomic particle found in the electron cloud of an atom
- 12. (three words) a quantity equal to one-twelfth the mass of a carbon-12 atom
- 18. a neutral subatomic particle in the nucleus of an atom
- 19. an atom or a group of atoms that has lost or gained one or more electrons and therefore has a net electric charge
- 20. the elements thta are good conductors of heat and electricity
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- 1. (two words) an electron in the outermost energy level of an atom
- 2. symbol for atomic mass unit
- 3. a horizontal row of elements in the periodic table
- 7. another name for metalloid
- 13. (two words) the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
- 14. an element that has properties of both a metal and nonmetal
- 15. another name for period
- 16. any atoms having the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons
- 17. a positively charged subatomic particle in the nucleus of an atom
