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Atoms and Forces
atoms and forces
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Chemistry
5th Grade
05/29/2006

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Empidocles
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Thought everything was made up of earth, air, fire, and water.
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Democritus
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Believed everything was made up of tiny indivisible particles called atomos (indivisible).
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Robert Dalton
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believed atoms could combine to form new substances.
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Ernest Rutherford
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Made a model with a negative charge circling a positive charge.
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Niels Bohr
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Made a model with electrons following a specific orbit.
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James Chadwick
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made a model of a nucleus with protons and neutrons.
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Mendeleev
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designed the periodic table of elements.
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What fraction of elements are metals?
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3/4
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What are the 5 elements in the earth's crust?
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oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, gold
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Define mixture
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2 or more substances that have been combined but can be seperated.
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define compound
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a substance formed by the bonding of different elements.
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define atom
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the smallest possible piece of matter
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define atomic number
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an atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
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define atomic number
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an atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
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define electron
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a negatively charged particle inside an atom.
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define neutron
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a nuclear particle with no charge (neutral)
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define nucleus
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the central core of an atom that contains protons and neutrons.
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what elemnt did you study?
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nitrogen
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What are some of the uses of this element?
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lightbulbs, explosives, ammonia, refrigerant for food products
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Name 4 elements and their symbols
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(possible) C Carbon
O Oxygen
N Nitrogen
H Hydrogen
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Name three things you can find by looking at the periodic table of elements.
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atomic number, symbol, and type (metal, metalloid, gas, etc.)
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Element
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Any substance made up of 1 type of atom. It cannot be broken up by chemical means.
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What do atoms need to become stable?
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Atoms need a full outer shell. They need 2 in the 1st shell, 8 in the 2nd shell, and 8-18 in the 3rd shell.
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Draw a picture of a covalent bond
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OooO
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What are ions?
Definition
An atom that is either missing an electron or has an extra electron.
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