Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Title

MCAT Science Vocabulary

Description

Words from chemistry, physics, and biology that may popup on the MCAT

Total Cards

Subject

Medical

Level

Undergraduate 1

Created

11/13/2007

Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Medical Flashcards

Term

Atomic Mass

Definition

The number of protons and neutrons in a given atom. Written as a supscript next to the atom's symbol as such:

²H

Term

Isotope

Definition

An a given atom with a variation in atomic mass and the number of neutrons in the neucleus. Some isotopes are radiocative.

Term

Atomic Number

Definition

Number of protons in a given atom. It is written as a subscript in the left corner of the atom's symbol as such:

₂H