Atomic Structure, Theory, and Periodic Table Vocabulary

Subatomic particles with a negative charge

• Electrons

• Neutrons

• Protons

• Quarks

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subatomic particles found on the outermost shell & responsible for the atom's reactivity

• neutrons
• valence electrons
• isotopes
• ions

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Subatomic particles with a positive charge

• neutrons
• atomic mass
• protons
• isotopes

Value representing the number of protons in an element

• Atomic Mass
• Mass Number
• Valence Electrons
• Atomic Number

Subatomic particles that are neutral in charge

• Neutrons
• Protons
• Nucleus 
• Electrons

Where electrons are likely to be found as they travel around the nucleus

• Nucleus

• Orbitals or shells

• Within a Proton

• Within a Neutron

A tiny but very dense, positively charged portion of the atom that holds most of the atomic mass

• Electron Shells
• Orbitals
• Electron Cloud
• Nucleus

Arrangement of elements organized by atomic number

• Electron Cloud 
• Periodic Table 
• Electron Configuration
• None of these

A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table

• Molecule

• Period

• Family

• Atom

What is one way Neutrons are different from electrons?

• they both are negative

• neutrons have no charge, while electrons have a negative charge

• Both are in the nucleus( center of atom)

• Electrons are inside nucleus and neutrons are outside the nucleus.

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