SPS2 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table Vocabulary Quiz

The smallest particle of an element that has its properties; these have equal numbers of protons and electrons

• Atom
• Element
• Proton
• Electron
• Neutron

A pure substance made of only one kind of atom

• Atom
• Element
• Proton
• Electron
• Neutron

A subatomic particle with a positive charge found in the nucleus of an atom

• Atom
• Element
• Proton
• Electron
• Neutron

A subatomic particle that has a negative charge

• Atom
• Proton
• Electron
• Valence electron
• Neutron

The electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom

• Proton
• Electron
• Valence electron
• Neutron

The subatomic particle in an atom's nucleus that has no charge

• Proton
• Electron
• Valence electron
• Neutron

This tells us the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

• Atomic number
• Atomic mass
• Mass number

The average mass of all the mass numbers for the isotopes of an element

• Atomic number
• Atomic mass
• Mass number

The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

• Atomic number
• Atomic mass
• Mass number

Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons

• Isotope
• Ion
• Atom
• Electron