Elements and Compounds Vocabulary

What is a small particle that is the building block of matter?

• Molecule

• Atom

• Compound

• Element

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Which term describes a substance that consists of only one type of atom?

• Compound

• Molecule

• Element

• Chemical Formula

What is a substance containing atoms of two or more different elements connected together?

• Element

• Atom

• Compound

• Chemical Symbol

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What do you call two or more atoms that are held together and act as a unit?

• Molecule

• Element

• Atom

• Chemical Formula

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What is a chart of the elements arranged into rows and columns according to their physical and chemical properties?

• Chemical Formula

• Periodic Table

• Chemical Symbol

• Molecule

What represents an element with one or two letters?

• Chemical Formula

• Molecule

• Chemical Symbol

• Compound

What is a group of chemical symbols and numbers that represent the elements and the number of atoms of each element that make up a compound?

• Chemical Symbol

• Chemical Formula

• Periodic Table

• Molecule

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which of the following is NOT a building block of matter?

• Atom

• Element

• Chemical Symbol

• Molecule

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Which of the following terms is used to describe a group of atoms acting as a single unit?

• Element

• Molecule

• Chemical Formula

• Periodic Table

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is used to represent elements in the periodic table?

• Chemical Formula

• Chemical Symbol

• Compound

• Molecule