Physical Science Vocab

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  1. 2. /A subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge.
  2. 5. solid at room temperature,
  3. 6. /A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
  4. 8. /Has characteristics of both metals and nonmetals
  5. 11. /A positively charged ion
  6. 12. /an element that is typically
  7. 13. /Substance formed when two or more elements in which the exact combination and proportion of elements is always the same
  8. 15. /A stable, positive charged, and subatomic particle that occurs in all atomic nuclei
  9. 16. /A negatively charged ion
  10. 17. /When atoms come together in a compound to create many things we need in everyday life
  11. 19. /A set of elements occupying an entire horizontal row in the periodic table
  12. 20. /a state of matter
  13. 22. /A set of elements occupying an entire vertical column in the periodic table
  14. 25. /A general direction in which something is developing or changing
  15. 27. /The elements in the middle of the periodic table
  16. 29. /an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons
  17. 30. /The total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus
  18. 32. /The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, which determines the chemical properties of an element
  19. 33. a good conductor of heat and
  20. 34. /Attraction formed between atoms when they share electrons
  21. 35. /The 18 groups of elements in a periodic table
  22. 36. /The basic unit of a chemical element.
  23. 37. /Attraction formed between oppositely charged ions in an ionic compound
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  1. 1. /Chemical shorthand that uses symbols to tell what elements are in compound and their ratios
  2. 3. /The positively charged central core of an atom, consisting of protons and neutrons and containing nearly all its mass.
  3. 4. /A compound that is composed of two elements
  4. 7. /The arrangement of electrons in energy levels around an atomic nucleus
  5. 9. /A cloud around the nucleus that shows where electrons areion
  6. 10. /Each of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei
  7. 14. /A neutral particle that forms as a result of electron sharing
  8. 18. /Is an outer shell electron that is associated with an atom
  9. 21. /The organized array of all the chemical elements in order of increasing atomic number
  10. 23. /An atom that has more protons than electrons
  11. 24. /A compound composed of two elements. One of the elements is metal and the other is non-metal
  12. 26. /an element that is typically dull in appearance and is a poor conductor of heat and electricity many nonmetals are gases at room temperature, but some are solids
  13. 28. /An atom that has more electrons than protons. It is also called a anion
  14. 31. /A letter or symbol to represent something else like a numeral
  15. 36. /The mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units