Element Builder Gizmo Vocab

Atom

• Basic unit of matter
• the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus
• A chart of the elements showing the repeating pattern of their properties
• Electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom

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Atomic number

• the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
• the number of nuetrons in the nucleus of an atom
• the number of electrons in the nucleus of an atom
• the number of protons in the first energy shell

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Electron

• negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus
• A particle in the nucleus that has a positive charge
• A particle in the nucleus of the atom, with no electrical charge
• positively charged central part of an atom

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isotope

• An atom with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
• An atom with the same number of protons but a different number of electrons.
• A particle in the nucleus that has a positive charge
• positively charged central part of an atom

mass number

• the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus
• negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus
• A pure substance made of only one kind of atom
• the fixed energies an electron can have

neutron

• A particle in the nucleus of the atom, with no electrical charge
• An atom with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
• negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus
• the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

Nucleus

• positively charged central part of an atom
• Electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom
• An atom with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
• the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus

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periodic table

• A chart of the elements showing the repeating pattern of their properties
• An atom with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
• Basic unit of matter
• Electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom

proton

• A particle in the nucleus that has a positive charge
• negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus
• A particle in the nucleus of the atom, with no electrical charge
• A model of an atom in which each dot represents a valence electron

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radioactive

• elements that spontaneously emit radiation
• an atom that has gained or lost electrons
• A particle in the nucleus of the atom, with no electrical charge
• A model of an atom in which each dot represents a valence electron

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