GRADE 9 SCIENCE EXAM Flashcards
what is the charge, weight and where are they located? protons, neutrons, electrons
who discovered them
PROTONS -positive -Located inside the nucleus - 1amu - Henry Mosely, proved they are in the nucleus NEUTRONS -no charge -located inside the nucleus -1amu - Chadwick discovered them ELECTRONS -negative -located around the nucleus -0amu - J.J Thompson
what is matter
- anything that has mass and weighs something
- takes up volume
- mass is constant
- mass and weight are not the same thing
who is Empedocles
- philosopher
- proposed that matter was made of 4 elements
1. air 2. earth 3. fire 4. water - he thought if you mixed these elements together in different amounts, you would make different substances
who is Democritus
- suggested that matter was made of tiny particles, which couldn’t be broken down any further
- called these particles atoms: from the Greek word atmos meaning indivisible
- thought different types of matter were made of different types of atoms
- at the time, Democritus’ idea was not accepted because Aristotle did not think it was true.
who is Aristotle
- came up with the theory called transmutation- one form of matter could be turned into another.
- you could turn something worthless into lead, into something valuable like gold. this paved the way for alchemists
what are alchemists
-first people to perform experiments
they had three main goals:
-change bas metals into gold
-find a substance for eternal life
-produce a universal solvent (will dissolve anything)
- none of these goals were reached, however they are important to history because:
-they discovered many elements and their property, including chemical symbols
- they invented many lab tools we still use today
- they actually performed these experiments
define ductility
-ability to be shaped or stretched into a wire without breaking
define malleability
ability to be hammered pressed or rolled into thin plates
define conductivity
how easily heat and electricity can pass through a substance
define lustre
how shiny a material is
metals
- make up about 75% of the P.T
- located all over the P.T, but are concentrated on the left side
- are shiny, conduct heat, can make wires or be stretched into sheets
non-metals
- make up about 15% of the P.T
- found on the far right side of the P.T
- are poor conductors, not shiny, are brittle and not ductile
define metalloids
- make up about 6% of the elements
- located on the “staircase” of the P.T
- have properties of both metals and non-metals
atomic mass
- atomic weight rounded to the nearest whole number
- average mass of an element
- total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
atomic number
- tells us how many protons and electrons are in the nucleus
-the P.T the atomic number is the number that identifies the element
elements are arranged from left to right, top to bottom in order of their atomic number
how to find the # of neutrons in an atom
- subtract the number of protons (atomic number) from the atomic mass
who is Mendeleev
- known as the father of the P.T
- arranged the 63 known elements in order of their atomic mass and saw the repeating patterns of properties
- Mendeleev left spaces for undiscovered elements, correctly predicted where new elements would be found
- his table summarized the structure and property of the elements
- the problem with his table, occurs when atoms are arranged by mass only properties did not always match up when atomic mass was used.
- by matching properties, he was able to place iodine and tellurium in their proper places.
what is a period
- vertical rows with numbering 1-7 from top to bottom
what is a family/group
- horizontal columns labeled 1-18.
- there are 6 families
- in each column the elements have similar chemical properties
family/- hydrogen
- family of its own
- has one valence electron
- reacts vigorously
- cannot exist at a single atom (too reactive) but as a molecule H2.
family-alkali metals
- reacts vigorously with many other substances
- larger the alkali metal, the more reactive
- located at group 1
family-alkali earth metals
- reacts fairly vigorously
- the larger the metal, the more reactive
- located at group 2
family-chalcogens
- quite reactive, but not as much as halogens
* located at group 16
family-halogens
- react very vigorously with nearly everything
- the least reactive is still corrosive
- larger the atom, less reactive
- located at group 17