Atomic Structure - Vocabulary

Front

The building blocks of matter

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Atoms

Front

Positively Charged Particle
Mass: 1 amu

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Proton

Front

Neutral Charged Particle
Mass: 1 Amu
Options: Proton, Neutron, Electron, Isotope

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Neutron

Front

Negatively charged Particle
Mass:  Almost Nothing

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Electrons

Front

The total number of Protons and Neutrons.

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Mass Number

Front

Number of protons in an atom.

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Atomic Number

Front

____________are located in the outermost orbital.

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Electrons

Front

A single type of atom is called an _____________

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element

Front

Anything that has mass and takes up space

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matter

Front

Atoms of the same element but with different numbers of neutrons.

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Isotope