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- 2. A substance having a finite activation energy (band gap) for electron conduction.
- 8. A class of substances characterized by high electrical and thermal conductivity as well as by malleability, ductility, and high reflectivity of light.
- 10. Mass of a unit volume of a material substance.
- 11. Any atom or group of atoms that bears one or more positive or negative electrical charges.
- 12. A nearly in-compressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure.
- 14. Any substance composed of identical molecules consisting of atoms of two or more chemical elements.
- 17. Atoms mixed together but not chemically combined.
- 19. A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
- 20. A column in the periodic table of the chemical elements.
- 21. One of four main states of matter, in which the molecules vibrate about fixed positions and cannot migrate to other positions in the substance.
- 22. A membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell's chromosomes.
- 23. Makes up everything.
- 25. the quantity of matter contained in an atom of an element.
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- 1. A particle of matter that uniquely defines a chemical element.
- 3. the number of a chemical element in the periodic system.
- 4. Stable subatomic particle that has a positive charge.
- 5. The state or power of being reactive or the degree to which a thing is reactive.
- 6. A very small particle that has a negative charge of electricity.
- 7. A state of matter that has no fixed shape and no fixed volume.
- 9. Any of the seven horizontal rows that contain elements arranged in order of increasing atomic number.
- 13. Any of a group of rare gases.
- 15. Neutral subatomic particle that is a constituent of every atomic nucleus except ordinary hydrogen.
- 16. Materials which have a conductivity between conductors.
- 18. Any of the six chemical elements that make up Group 1 (Ia) of the periodic table.
- 24. Any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances.
