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Science Chemical Change M1 S1 L3
Alberta LTB Module Booklet Vocabulary Module 1 Section 1 Lesson 3
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Chemistry
10th Grade
02/06/2020

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Atom

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* The smallest particle of an element that has the properties of the element

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Electron

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* A negatively charged particle in an atom that occupies energy levels around the nucleus

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Molecule

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* Two or more atoms of the same element or of 2 different elements bound together by covalent bonds

 

(A covalent bond, also called a molecular bond, is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs, and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms, when they share electrons, is known as covalent bonding)

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Neutron

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* A neutron particle in the nucleus of an atom

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Nucleus

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* The positively charge center of an atom made up of protons and neutrons, except hydrogen which has only a proton in its nucleus

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Proton

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* A positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom

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