Classifying Matter / Elements of the Periodic Table

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What are elements that are typically not shiny, not malleable, and poor conductors of heat and electricity; usually gases or brittle solids?

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Nonmetals

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What are elements that are typically solid, shiny, malleable, and good conductors of heat and electricity; includes most elements?

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Metals

Front

Which property is most useful for identifying a metal on the periodic table?

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Its ability to conduct electricity

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What is the term for the amount of space that a substance or object occupies?

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Volume

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What is anything that has volume and mass?

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Matter

Front

What are elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals?

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Metalloids

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What is the term for the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element?

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Atom

Front

What is the table that organizes all known elements based on their atomic number and properties?

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Periodic Table of Elements

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What is the term for the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom?

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Atomic Number

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What is the term for the average mass of an element's isotopes, weighted by their natural abundance?

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Atomic Mass