Review for Chemistry Quiz 2

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Element

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Pure substance that can't be seperated into anything simpler

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Atom

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the smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element

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proton

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positive particle found in nucleus of atom

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neutron

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neutral particle found in nucleus

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electron

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negatively charged particle that travels around nucleus in energy level or shells

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Pure substance

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made of only 1 type of matter, elements and compounds

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Period

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horizontal row on a periodic table, elements in the same period have the same number of electron shells

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group/family

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vertical column on the periodic table, elements in the same group have the same number of valence electrons

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nucleus (of atom)

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tiny dense centre of an atom, contains protons and neutrons, all the mass comes from the nucleus

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electron shell

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shell or energy level is the path that electrons travel while orbitting the nucleus