Chemistry Vocab

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Electrons in the outer shell of an atom

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Valence

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Formed when metals react with nonmetals; electrons transfer from metals to nonmetals.

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Ionic Bond

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Nonmetals form compounds by sharing electrons.

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Covalent Bond

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Building Blocks of Matter

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Atoms

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Anything with mass and volume

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Matter

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Positive subatomic particle

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Proton

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Neutral Subatomic Particle

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Neutron

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Negative Subatomic Particle

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Electron

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Contains protons & neutrons, has a positive charge.

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Nucleus

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Created by chemists to arrange and display elements

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Periodic Table