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anything that has mass and takes up space |
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light and heat do not take up space and they have no mass |
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Who was a Greek philosopher who thought the universe was made of empty space and tiny bits of stuff? |
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Democritus believed that the bits of stuff were so small they could no longer do what? |
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be divided into small pieces |
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What are tiny pieces of matter called? |
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Who was the French Chemist that came up with the Law of Conservation of Matter? |
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What does the Law of conservation of Matter? |
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states that matter is not created or destroyed- it only changes form. |
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Who believed that matter was made of atoms that were too small to be seen by the human eye? |
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Dalton studied the experiments of wLavoisier and others and developed what? |
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a model to help explain their work |
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What did Dalton's model become known as? |
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the Atomic Theory of Matter |
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What are invisible, negatively charged particles? |
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Who conducted experiments using a cathode ray tube, which is a glass tube sealed at both ends out of which most of the air has been pumped? |
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What is matter that has an equal amount of positive and negative charge? |
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How did Tomson picture the atom? |
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as a ball of positive charge with electrons embedded in it |
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What did Rutherford call the positively charged, central part of the atom? |
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What did Rugherford name the positively charged particles in the nucleus? |
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Who said that particles from the nucleus had no change? |
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What did Chadwick call unchanged particles? |
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Who found evidence that electrons in atoms are arranged according to energy levels? |
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The lowest energy level is located where in relationship to the nucleus? |
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closest and can hold only 2 electrons |
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What is a special cloud of varying density surrounding the nucleus? |
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What is matter made of only one kind of atom? |
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How many elements are known and how many of them occur naturally? |
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Chemist have created a chart of the elements to help them organize and display the elements which is called what? |
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How are the elements organized on the peridic table? |
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What are the rows in the table called? |
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What are the columns in the periodic table called? |
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Althought the number of protons changes from element to element, every atom of the same element has what? |
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the same number of protons |
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What can vary even for one element? |
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atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons |
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What is an atom's mass number? |
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the number of protons plus the number neutrons it contains |
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What is the weighted average mass of the isotopes of the isotopes of an element and the number found below the element symbol? |
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What is the unit that scientists use for atomic mass? |
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What are the three general categories of elements? |
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metals, metalloids, and nonmetals |
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generallly have a shiny or metallic luster and are good conductors of heat and electricity |
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All metals are malleable. What does malleable mean? |
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they can be bent and pounded into various shapes |
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Metals are also ductile. What does ductile mean? |
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they can be bent and pounded into various shapes |
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What normally looks dull? |
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What are poor conductors of heat and energy? |
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What is solid at room temperature? |
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What is matter that has the same composition and properties throughout is called what? |
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Elements, such as a bar of gold or a sheet of aluminum, are what? |
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What is a substance whose smallest unit is made up of atoms of more than one element bonded together? |
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H2O is the chemical formula for what? |
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What is the formula for hydrogen peroxide? |
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What is the formula for carbon dioxide? |
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No matter what quantity of the compound you have, what always remains the same? |
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What happens when two or more substances come together but don't combine? |
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How can you sometimes separate a mixture of solids? |
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What does homegeneous mean? |
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What has larger parts that are different from eachother? |
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