HS-PS1-1 Vocabulary Review

Element

• substance with atoms that are all alike

• particle with an electrical charge of 1+

• area of an atom where its electrons are most likely are found

• smallest piece of matter that has the properties of the element

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Atom

• substance with atoms that are all alike

• smaller particle that makes up protons and neutrons

• area of an atom where its electrons are most likely are found

• smallest piece of matter that has the properties of the element

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Nucleus

• small, positively charged center of an atom

• smaller particle that makes up protons and neutrons

• area of an atom where its electrons are most likely are found

• smallest piece of matter that has the properties of the element

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Proton

• particle with an electrical charge of 1+

• particle with an electrical charge of 1-

• particle with no charge (neutral)

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Neutron

• particle with an electrical charge of 1+

• particle with an electrical charge of 1-

• particle with no charge (neutral)

Electron

• particle with an electrical charge of 1+

• particle with an electrical charge of 1-

• particle with no charge (neutral)

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Quark

• small, positively charged center of an atom

• smaller particle that makes up protons and neutrons

• substance with atoms that are all alike

• smallest piece of matter that has the properties of the element

Electron Cloud

• substance with atoms that are all alike

• particle with an electrical charge of 1+

• area of an atom where its electrons are most likely are found

• smallest piece of matter that has the properties of the element

Mass

• amount of matter in an object

• sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom

• atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons

• a number equal to the number of protons in an atom’s nucleus

atomic number

• the average mass of the mixture of isotopes of an element

• sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom

• atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons

• a number equal to the number of protons in an atom’s nucleus