Elements and the Periodic Table

What does the 6 represent?

• atomic mass
• atomic number
• element name
• chemical symbol 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What does 12.011 represent?

• atomic mass
• atomic number
• element name
• chemical symbol 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What does the C represent?

• atomic mass
• atomic number
• element name
• chemical symbol 

These are found on the Periodic Table.

• Compounds
• Elements
• Mixtures

the basic structural unit of matter

• atom

• matter

• element

• nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

___ is a collection of atoms of one type that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical or physical means.

• An element

• A subatomic particle

• An electron

• Matter

The positively charged subatomic particle contained in the nucleus of an atom is the ___.

• proton

• neutron

• electron

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The subatomic particle found in the nucleus that has the same mass as a proton but no electrical charge is a/an ___.

• proton

• neutron

• electron

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The negatively-charged subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom is a/an ___.

• proton

• neutron

• electron

• atom

The unique number for each element that equals the number of protons in an atom of that element is the ___.

• chemical name

• chemical symbol

• atomic number

• atomic mass