Unit 3 Vocab

2. Electrons Electrons in the outer most energy level.
6. Organized space within an energy level, names s, p, d, and f.
9. An element that tends to lose electrons in a bond and is a good conductor of heat/electricity.
10. Fist person credited for arranging elements in order of properties on a periodic table.
11. Radius Determines the size of the ION.
12. Energy The amount of energy required to remove the most loosely held electron from an atom.
15. A 3-D area within a sublevel where there is a high probability for finding an electron.

1. Dot Diagram A diagram that represents the valence electrons of an atom of an element surrounding the chemical symbol of that element.
3. An element that tends to gain electrons in a bond and is a good insulator.
4. A measure of how hard an atom pulls on BONDING electrons.
5. An element that has some characteristics of metals and some nonmetals.
7. Cloud Location of electrons.
8. Law The physical and chemical properties of an element are a function of their atomic number.
13. Radius Determines the size of an atom.
14. The minimum amount of energy that an electron gains/loses when it changes energy levels.