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Intro to Chemistry Vocabulary

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

Neutron

b)

Electron

c)

Proton

2.

What is a subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

Neutron

b)

Electron

c)

Proton

3.

What is a subatomic particle that has no charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

Electron

b)

Neutron

c)

Proton

4.

What is a subatomic particle that has a negative charge and found outside the nucleus?

a)

Electron

b)

Neutron

c)

Proton

5.

What are electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom?

a)

Atomic

b)

Subscript

c)

Electron

d)

Valence

6.

What are the number of protons and neutrons in an atom?

a)

Atomic Number

b)

Atomic Mass

c)

Valence Electron

d)

Compound

7.

What are the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element?

a)

Element

b)

Atomic Mass

c)

Atomic Number

8.

What are substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances because its only made of one kind of atom?

a)

Molecule

b)

Mineral

c)

Compound

d)

Element

9.

What are two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds?

a)

Molecule

b)

Mineral

c)

Compound

d)

Element

10.

What are substances produced in a chemical reaction?

a)

Reactors

b)

Products

c)

Producers

d)

Reactants

11.

What is a substance that takes part in and undergoes change when mixed together?

a)

Reactor

b)

Product

c)

Reactant

d)

Producer

12.

What is the degree of compactness of a substance?

a)

Density

b)

Volume

c)

Mass

13.

What is the amount of space an object takes up?

a)

Density

b)

Mass

c)

Volume

14.

What do we call the physical property that's easily broken or not flexable?

a)

Malleable

b)

Brittle

c)

Luster

d)

Ductile

15.

What is term used to describe a material that can be pulled out into a long wire?

a)

Ductile

b)

Brittle

c)

Luster

d)

Malleable

16.

What is the quality of giving off light, brightness, glitter, brilliance?

a)

Brittle

b)

Luster

c)

Ductile

d)

Malleable

17.

What is the physical property that is capable of being changed; easily shaped?

a)

Ductile

b)

Brittle

c)

Malleable

d)

Luster

18.

What is a number in front of a chemical formula in an equation that indicates how many molecules or atoms of each reactant and product are involved in a reaction?

a)

Subscript

b)

Coefficient

c)

Atomic Number

19.

What is a number written slightly below and to the right of a chemical symbol that shows how many atoms of an element are in a compound?

a)

Subscript

b)

Coefficient

c)

Atomic Number

20.

What is a substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds?

a)

Reactant

b)

Molecule

c)

Compound

d)

Product

21.

What is the control center of the cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Atom

c)

Neutron

d)

Nucleolus

22.

the ability of a substance to change.

a)

Reactivity

b)

Metalloid

c)

Compound

d)

State of Matter

23.

anything that has mass and takes up space.

a)

matter

b)

mixture

c)

atom

d)

element

24.

matter made of two or more elements (chemically bonded/cannot be separated by physical means)

a)

compound

b)

atom

c)

element

d)

mass

25.

smallest unit of an element

a)

atom

b)

matter

c)

compound

d)

metal

26.

two or more substances combined (mixed) physically, but not chemically.

a)

mixture

b)

compound

c)

element

d)

atom

27.

a substance that is the building block of all matter (made of one kind of atom).

a)

element

b)

atom

c)

compound

d)

mixture

28.

measurable amount of matter.

a)

mass

b)

reactivity

c)

state of matter

d)

mixture

29.

Irreversible change (metal rusting)

a)

Chemical Change

b)

Physical Change

c)

Formula

d)

Equation

30.

Reversible change (freezing liquid)

a)

Chemical Change

b)

Physical Change

c)

Chemical Formula

d)

Equation

31.

What is the smallest part of a chemical element that can exist?

(a)  

32.

What is a pure form of matter than cannot be broken down into simpler substances?

(a)  

33.

A positively charged subatomic particle located in the nucleus.

a)

compound

b)

compound

c)

electron

d)

proton

34.

A _____ is a subatomic particle that has no charge

a)

atom

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

neutron

35.
Valence electrons are the...
a)
Innermost electrons
b)
Middle electrons
c)
Outermost electrons
d)
Any electrons
36.
A substance that is made of one type of atom.
a)
Element
b)
Atom
c)
Water
d)
Salt
37.
An arrangement of the elements showing the repeating pattern of their properties.
a)
Chemical Table
b)
Periodic Table
c)
Table of Elements
d)
None of These
38.
A class of elements characterized by physical properties that include shininess, malleability, ductility, and conductivity.
a)
nonmetals
b)
metalloids
c)
metals
d)
gases
39.
Elements in the same vertical column of the periodic table; also called family.
a)
period
b)
row
c)
group
d)
vertigo
40.
A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table.
a)
column
b)
group
c)
period
d)
family
41.
A substance that can conduct electric current under some conditions.
a)
Transition metal
b)
Semiconductor
c)
Metalloid
d)
Super conductor
42.
_____ - is an element that is generally shiny.
a)
Metals
b)
Nonmetals
c)
Metalloids
43.
_____ - describes the ability of metal to reflect light.
a)
Ductility
b)
Luster
c)
Malleability
d)
Conductivity
44.
_____ - how well it allows electricity to move through.
a)
Ductility
b)
Luster
c)
Malleability
d)
Conductivity
45.
_____ - conducts electricity at high temperatures.
a)
Ductility
b)
Semiconductors
c)
Malleability
d)
Conductivity
46.
____ - is the ability of a substance to be hammered or rolled into sheets
a)
Ductility
b)
Semiconductors
c)
Malleability
d)
Conductivity
47.
_____ - is the ability of a substance to be pulled into thin wires.
a)
Ductility
b)
Semiconductors
c)
Malleability
d)
Conductivity
48.

Identify the vocabulary term that means:


Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

a)

Valence Electron

b)

Mass Number

c)

Atomic Number

49.

Identify the vocabulary term that means:


Electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom and determines the atom's chemical properties

a)

Bohr Model

b)

Isotope

c)

Valence Electron

50.

Identify the vocabulary term that means:


Ion with a negative charge; Nonmetals gain electrons and form

a)

Cation

b)

Anion

c)

Isotope

51.

Identify the vocabulary term that means:


Diagram that shows the atom as a nucleus surrounded by electrons that travel in circular orbits about the nucleus

a)

Bohr Model

b)

Isotope

c)

Valence Electron

52.

Identify the vocabulary term that means:


Metals lose electrons and form

a)

Cation

b)

Anion

c)

Isotope

53.

Identify the vocabulary term that means:


Subatomic particle that has a negative charge.

a)

Proton

b)

Neutron

c)

Electron

54.

Exothermic

a)

chemical reaction that releases energy

b)

chemical reaction that absorbs energy

55.

Endothermic

a)

Chemical reaction that releases energy

b)

Chemical reaction that absorbs energy

56.

Who is the creator of the periodic table of elements?

a)

Hank Green

b)

Dmitri Mendeleev

c)

De Chancourtois

d)

Michael Aranda

57.

In chemistry, __________________ is the combining power of an element.

a)

ionic bonding

b)

covalent bonding

c)

energy

d)

valency

58.

A substance that is formed as the result of a chemical reaction is a __________________

a)

Product

b)

Reactant

c)

Starters

d)

Enders

59.
In a ___________change, a substance changes into a different substance.
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
60.
In a chemical reaction, bonds are broken and new bonds are formed that create new substances. The bonds that are broken are called what?
a)
Reactants
b)
Products
c)
Atoms
d)
Catalysts
61.

What is the BEST definition of a chemical reaction?

a)

A change in matter that produces one or more NEW substances

b)

When two things combine and EXPLODE.

62.
The left side of the equation below is called
a)
Products
b)
Reactants
63.
The right side of the equation below is called the
a)
products
b)
reactants
64.
The compounds and elements that are present at the beginning of a reaction:
a)
reactants
b)
catalyst
c)
products
d)
energy 
65.
The amount of space something takes up.
a)
matter
b)
mass
c)
volume
d)
element
66.
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
a)
volume
b)
matter
c)
solid
d)
temperature
67.

What is the definition of chemistry?

a)

The study of matter

b)

The study of substances and objects that can be seen, touched, and measured directly

c)

The small particles that make up all matter

d)

The use of philosophy and science performed by early chemists

68.

The total energy of all the particles in a sample of matter is called —————.

It makes things hot or warm.

a)

Total Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Kinetic Energy

d)

Particle Energy

69.

Not reacting or changing easily; an inert substance stays the same during a reaction.


a)

conductivity

b)

Inert

c)

Energy

d)

Able

70.

A substance that speeds up a reaction without being used up.


a)

Catalyst

b)

Solubility

c)

Viscosity

d)

Subscript

71.

Viscosity

a)

how much wind blows per minute

b)

How thick or sticky a liquid is

c)

How fast something moves

d)

How slow something moves

72.

To make or create something, such as a chemical reaction producing gas or heat.

a)

wander

b)

produce

c)

react

d)

equals

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