Chemistry Vocab

Smallest unit of matter that retains the identify of the substance

• Element
• Atomic Number
• Atom
• Cookie

An element above and to the right of the stair-step line of metalloids.

• Lollipop
• Non-metal
• Metal
• Metalloid

Short hand abbreviation for the element name

• Fudge
• Atomic #
• Nucleus
• chemical symbol

An element below and to the left of the stair-step line of metalloids; about 80% of the known elements are metals.

• Metal
• Non-metal
• Metalloid
• Twix

Two or more atoms held together by bonds

• Milky Way
• Luster
• Atom
• molecule

A characteristic of a substance that can be observed

• Jolly Rancher
• Property
• Luster
• Period

Ready susceptibility to chemical change

• Reactivity
• Milk chocolate
• Reactivty
• Reactvity

Central core of an atom containing protons and neutrons

• White Chocolate
• Nucleus
• Nuetron
• Proton

Subatomic particle with no charge, the same mass as a proton, and located in the nucleus of the atom

• Dark chocolate
• Nuetron
• Proton
• Electron

Subatomic particle with a positive charge and located in the nucleus of the atom. The number of protons gives the atom its identity.

• Ice cream
• Neutron
• Proton
• Electron