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BioS 224 Chapter 2

  • atoms
  • –Answer units of matter

  • each is a different type of atom
  • –Answer element

  • three major subunits
  • –Answer neutrons, protons, electrons

  • different number of subatomic particles does what to elements
  • –Answer gives them different properties

  • where are neutrons and protons located
  • –Answer nucleus

  • where are electrons located
  • –Answer orbitals

  • opposite electrical charges do what to each other
  • –Answer attract

  • what keeps electrons orbiting the nucleus
  • –Answer attraction of negatively charged electrons for positive protons

  • neutral atom
  • –Answer the number of protons and electrons are the same 1 / 3

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  • neutrons and protons have a mass of
  • –Answer one

  • electrons have a mass of
  • –Answer zero

  • chemistry
  • –Answer the study of matter

  • matter
  • –Answer takes up space, has mass, exists as elements

  • element
  • –Answer a substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by ordinary chemical reactions

  • how are elements arranged
  • –Answer the periodic table

  • how many naturally occuring elements? Man-made?
  • –Answer 92 naturally occuring, about a dozen man made

  • how many elements are essential for life
  • –Answer 25

  • what elements make up 96 percent of living matter
  • –Answer carbon, hydrogen, oxy- gen, nitrogen

  • trace elements
  • –Answer what most elements are, required for normal health but only in minute quantities 2 / 3

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  • atomic number
  • –Answer number of protons (written as a subscript before atomic symbol

  • atomic weight
  • –Answer aka mass number; the sum of neutrons and protons, written as a superscript before atomic symbol

  • how do you get the number of neutrons
  • –Answer the difference between atomic weight and atomic number

  • what makes neutral atoms neutral
  • –Answer have equal number of protons and elec- trons

  • isotopes
  • –Answer atoms of the same element but different numbr of neutrons

  • most frequently found isotope
  • –Answer Carbon-12 (over 98 percent)

  • all three isotopes of carbon have
  • –Answer same atomic number and similar chemical properties

  • an elements atomic weight is averaged for
  • –Answer the proportion of each isotope

  • radioactive isoptopes
  • –Answer unstable and can emit subatomic particles and different types of energy

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SUBSCRIBE BioS 224 Chapter 2 1. atoms –Answer units of matter 2. each is a different type of atom –Answer element 3. three major subunits –Answer neutrons, protons, electrons 4. different num...

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