Vocabulary Quiz - Atoms and Elements

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• element

• atom

• matter

• molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A material that cannot be broken down into anything simpler

• Atom

• Element

• Compound

• Molecule

The smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of

that element

• Matter

• Element

• Atom

• Compound

Forms when two or more elements combine

• Atom

• Molecule

• Ion

• Compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Forms when two or more atoms join together and share

electrons

• Molecule

• Element

• Compound

• Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Shiny, conduct electricity and heat, bend easily

• NonMetal

• Metals

• Metalloids

• Proton

Dull, poor conductors of heat and electricity, and brittle

• Metal

• NonMetal

• Metalloids

• Ion

Have some properties of metals and some properties of

nonmetals

• Metalloid

• Metal

• NonMetal

• Ion

Subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom; contains

one positive electric charge- the atomic number of an atom

• Neutron

• Electron

• Proton

• Ion

Subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom; contains

no charge (neutral)

• Neutron

• Electron

• Proton

• Ion