Biology vocabulary week 4

What is an ion?

• A charged particle
• A type of atom
• A type of molecule
• A type of compound

What is a cation?

• A negatively charged ion
• A type of molecule
• A positively charged ion
• A type of atom

What is an anion?

• A positively charged ion
• A neutral ion
• A negatively charged ion
• An ion with no charge

What is a Proton?

• A type of neutron
• A type of electron
• A subatomic particle with a positive electric charge

• A type of molecule

How are protons and electrons different?

• Protons and electrons are the same
• Protons are negatively charged, electrons are positively charged
• Protons are larger and have a positive charge, electrons are smaller and have a negative charge
• Protons and electrons have the same charge and size

How do you tell how many valence electrons an element has, using a periodic table?

• By looking at the group number of the element
• By counting the number of atoms in the element
• By checking the atomic weight of the element
• By looking at the period number of the element

The atomic number is also the number of ______.

Which two parts of an element create the atomic mass?

• Protons and Electrons
• Neutrons and Electrons
• Protons and Neutrons
• Electrons and Isotopes