Periodic Table

the basic structural unit of matter

• atom

• matter

• element

• nucleus

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the positively charged subatomic particle contained in the nucleus of an atom

• proton

• neutron

• electron

• matter

an arrangement of the elements according to their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same column and properties repeat from row to row

• Periodic Table of Elements

• Atomic Theory

• Isotopes

• Subatomic Particles

one or two letters that represent the name of an element

• element name

• element symbol

• atomic number

• atomic mass

a grouping of elements based on similar properties, arranged by columns in the periodic table; also known as a group

• family

• period

• row

• isotope

a row on the Periodic Table of Elements

• family

• period

• row

• isotope

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one of several forms of a single element, which contains the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons

• isotope

• ion

• orbital

• nucleus

The vertical (up and down) columns in the Periodic Table are called

• groups

• towers

• periods

• atomic numbers

Sodium (Na) is found in period 

• 3
• 2
• 4
• 1

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What does the atomic mass tell you? 

• Basically,the number of electrons and protons
• The number of neutrons
• Basically, the number of protons and neutrons
• The number of protons.