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Modern Atomic Model
Important words about the modern atomic model.
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8th Grade
10/25/2012

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Size of an atom
Definition

Very tiny:

 A penny contains about 2 × 1022


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Electrons
Definition

Negatively charged particles located around electron clouds.  They orbit around the nucleus.

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Nucleus
Definition

The small and dense positively charge center of the atom that takes up most of the atom's mass.  It is so dense that if it was the size of a graepe it would be greater than 9,000,000 tons.

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Protons
Definition

Positively charged particles in nucleus of the atom.

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Neutron
Definition

Particle in the center of the atom that has no charge.

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Atomic mass unit
Definition
The unit used to express the masses of particles in the atom.
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Atomic number
Definition

The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

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Isotope
Definition

An atom that has the same number of protons (or the same atomic number) as other atoms of the same element do, but that has a different number of neutrons (and therefore a different atomic mass).

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Mass number
Definition

The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.

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Atomic Mass
Definition

The mass of an atom expressed in atomic mass units

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Atomic mass
Definition

The mass of an atom expressed in atomic mass units

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