Matter & Atoms

Matter is made up of atoms which:

• Can easily be seen

• have no weight

• have mass and volume

• don't take up any space

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Why can't atoms be seen?

• They move too fast

• They are too dense

• They are hidden under the surface of the object

• They are too small

Deybi has 2 pieces of iron. Each sinks in water, has gotten rusty over time, and cannot be dissolved. Why do these 2 pieces of iron share the same properties?

• Because the atoms are different

• Because the atoms are the same

• Because they have the same physical properties but different visual properties

• Because they have different physical properties but the same rental properties

Zinnia looks at the Periodic Table in her Agenda and notices number 1 hydrogen (H), number 6 carbon(C), and number 106 Seaborgium (Sg). What do these names and letters represent?

• elements

• molecules

• compounds

• isotopes

Which of these lists are all made up of atoms

• steel, acrylic, helium

• carbon, oak, heat

• electricity, nylon, molecules

• iron, light, hydrogen

What is the smallest bit of an element you can have that has all the properties of that element?

• a molecule

• a compound

• an element

• an atom

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

• atoms
• elements
• molecules
• matter

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the smallest particle of matter

• atom
• element
• molecule
• compound

made up of one or more of the same type of atom

• atom
• element
• molecule
• compound

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made up of two or more atoms chemically combined

• atom
• element
• molecule
• compound