Atomic Structure

Subatomic particles with a negative charge

• Electrons

• Neutrons

• Protons

• Quarks

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

subatomic particles found on the outermost shell & responsible for the atom's reactivity

• neutrons

• valence electrons

• isotopes

• ions

Subatomic particles with a positive charge

• neutrons

• atomic mass

• protons

• isotopes

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Subatomic particles that are neutral in charge

• Neutrons

• Protons

• Nucleus 

• Electrons

The smallest particle of an element that shows all the properties of that element.

• Subatomic Particles

• Atom

• Quarks

• Gluons

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Where electrons are likely to be found as they travel around the nucleus

• Nucleus

• Electron Cloud

• Within a Proton

• Within a Neutron

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A tiny but very dense, positively charged portion of the atom that holds most of the atomic mass

• Electron Shells

• Orbitals

• Electron Cloud

• Nucleus

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Discovered the nucleus of the atom through the Gold Foil Experiment

• Rutherford

• Chadwick

• Thomson

• Dalton

Subatomic particle with a charge of 0

• neutron

• proton

• electron

• quark

Subatomic particle with a charge of -1

• proton

• electron

• neutron

• quark