Which particles in atoms have a negative electric charge?
Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are part of a family called____________?
This property of a metal means that it can be pulled out, or drawn, into a long wire.
This element makes up 78 % of the atmosphere.
To make most synthetic elements, scientists use powerful machines called____________?
Mendeleev created the first periodic table by arranging elements in order of increasing ___________?
Which group contains the most elements?
This noble gas has two electrons
The sun is made up mostly of the element ________?
The elements in a row of the periodic table are said to be in the same ____________?
This element acts like an alkali metal but only has one electron
Which scientist showed that most of the mass and positive charge of an atom is concentrated in its center?
This element is head of the Caron family and known as the basis of life
An atom that gains or loses one or more electrons is called an __________?
Scientists use the periodic table to predict the ______________of the new elements they create.
This classification of elements fall between the metals and non- metals.
The orbits of electrons are called ___________?
This is the only type of radioactive decay where no new element is formed
Thomson used a cathode tube “ray gun” to discover this atomic particle
This layer of the atmosphere is named because incoming energy from the Sun strips off electrons from Nitrogen and Oxygen.
When you change the number of protons in the nucleus you, you get a ____________?
A ______ sometimes conducts electricity like a metal and sometimes blocks the flow of electricity like a nonmetal.
He is known as the father of the atomic theory.
When you change the number of neutrons in the nucleus, you get a __________________?
These elements that are inert are called _______________?
Reactions that release heat or light or both are called ______________?
The Rows on the periodic table are called ________________?
A certain atom has 26 protons, 26 electrons, and 30 neutrons. It mass number is ____.
What information in the periodic table indicates the number of protons in an atom?
Most of the elements on the periodic table can be classified as ______________?
This property describes the way a metal reflects light.
There are four particle released during _________ radioactive decay
This French couple earned two noble prizes for their work in radiation.