Atomic Structure

Subatomic particles with a negative charge

• Electrons

• Neutrons

• Protons

• Quarks

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Subatomic particles with a positive charge

• neutrons
• atomic mass
• protons
• isotopes

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Value representing the number of protons in an element

• Atomic Mass
• Mass Number
• Valence Electrons
• Atomic Number

Subatomic particles that are neutral in charge

• Neutrons
• Protons
• Nucleus 
• Electrons

Atoms of the same element with a different number of neutrons

• Ion
• Gluons
• Isotope
• Quarks

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A charged atom

• Ion
• Isotope
• Electron Cloud
• Quark

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

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

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

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Discovered the electron within the atom

• Thomson
• Chadwick 
• Schrodinger & Heisenberg
• Dalton