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Chemistry Vocabulary
Periodic Table
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7th Grade
10/08/2008

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MATTER
Definition
ANYTHING THAT TAKES UP SPACE AND HAS MASS
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PHASES
Definition
STATE IN WHICH MATTER CAN EXIST: SOLID, LIQUID AND GAS
Term

SOLID

 

Definition
MATTER WITH A DEFIINITE SHAPE AND VOLUME
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LIQUID
Definition
MATTER WITH NO DEFINITE SHAPE BUT WITH A DEFINITE VOLUME
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GAS
Definition
MATTER WITH NO DEFINITE SHAPE OR VOLUME
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ATOM
Definition
SMALLEST UNIT OF AN ELEMENT
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NUCLEUS
Definition
SMALL, DENSE POSITIVELY CHARGED CENTER OF AN ATOM THAT CONTAINS PROTONS AND NEUTRONS
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PROTON
Definition

1 OF THE 2 PARTICLES THAT MAKE UP THE NECLEUS OF AN ATOM.  HAS A + CHARGE

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NEUTRON
Definition
1 OF 2 PARTICLES THAT MAKE UP THE CUCLEUS OF AN ATOM.  HAS NO CHARGE
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ELECTRON
Definition

A PARTICLE THAT ORBITS THE ATOM'S NUCLEUS

HAS A - CHARGE

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ELECTRON CLOUD
Definition
SPACE IN WHICH AN ELECTRON IS LIKELY TO BE FOUND
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ORBITS
Definition

CURVED SET PATHS FOLLOWED BY AN ELECTRON AROUND THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM

FOUND IN THE ELECTRON CLOUD

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PERIODIC TABLE
Definition
ARRANGEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS IN ORDER OF ATOMIC NUMBER IN WHICH ELEMENTS WITH SIMILAR PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL PROPERITES ARE GROUPED IN COLUMS
Term
ELEMENT
Definition
SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN INTO ANY OTHER SUBSTANCES BY CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL MEANS
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SYMBOL
Definition
THE LETTER THAT IDENTIFIES THE ATOM
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ATOMIC NUMBER
Definition
NUMBER OF PROTONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ELEMENT'S ATOM
Term
ATOMIC MASS
Definition
AVERAGE MASS OF THE 1 ATOM OF AN ELEMENT
Term
MENDELEEV
Definition
RUSSIAN CHEMIST WHO DEVELPED THE 1ST PERIODIC TABLE BASED ON PYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS
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GROUP
Definition
ELEMENTS IN THE SAME VERTICAL COLUMN, ALSO CALLED A FAMILY
Term
PERIOD
Definition
A HORIZONTAL ROW OF ELEMENTS
Term
METAL
Definition

METALS ARE FOUND TO THE LEFT OF THE ZIG ZAG LINE IN THE PERIODIC TABLE

SHINY, MALLEABLE AND DUCTILE

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NON METAL
Definition

ELEMENT THAT LACKS MOST OF THE PROPERTIES OF METALS. FOUND TO THE RIGHT OF THE ZIG ZAG LINE OF THE PERIODIC TABLE

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METALLOID
Definition

ELEMENT THAT HAS SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF METALS AND SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NON METALS

FOUND ON THE ZIGZAG LINE OF THE PERIODIC TABLE

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