Unit 1: Atoms, Elements, and the Periodic Table Vocab

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the basic unit of a chemical element.

• Atoms

• Particles

• Matter

• Building Blocks

a minute portion of matter.

• Particles

• Matter

• Building Block

• Subatomic Particles

physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.

• Matter

• Building Blocks

• Subatomic Particles

• Protons

a basic unit from which something is built up.

• Building Blocks

• Subatomic Particles

• Protons

• Neutrons

a particle smaller than an atom (e.g., a neutron) or a cluster of such particles (e.g., an alpha particle).

• Subatomic Particles

• Protons

• Neutrons

• Nucleus

a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron, but of opposite sign.

• Protons

• Neutrons

• Nucleus

• Electron Cloud

a subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge, present in all atomic nuclei except those of ordinary hydrogen.

• Neutrons

• Nucleus

• Electron Cloud

• Electron

 the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

• Nucleus

• Electron Cloud

• Electron

• Mass

a probability field, the area in space where an electron is likely to be.

• Electron Cloud

• Electron

• Mass

• Mass Number