Semester 2 Exam Year 11 Flashcards
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Who created the Periodic table and when?
Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869.
What are columns and rows called in the Periodic table?
Columns – Groups, Rows – Periods
In what order are elements placed in the Periodic table?
Order is based on their atomic number
In a neutral atom, the number of electrons will equal…?
The number of protons
The number of valence electrons is the same within…?
A column
The number of valence electrons increase…?
Left to right within a row
What are elements represented by?
Symbols
What makes up an atom?
It consists of a nucleus made up of protons and neutrons (nucleons) and an electron cloud where electrons are located.
What is the atomic number?
The number of protons.
What is the mass number?
The mass number is how heavy an atom is. It consists of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
What is the electron configuration?
The number of shells containing electrons and the number of electrons in each shell.
How many electrons can fit in the first shell?
2 electrons.
How many electrons can fit in the second and third shells?
8 electrons.
How many electrons can fit in the fourth shell?
32 electrons.
What are valence electrons?
The valence electrons of an atom are the electrons located in the highest occupied principal energy level.
What are valence electrons responsible for?
Valence electrons are primarily responsible for the chemical properties of elements.
What is the octet rule?
The octet rule states that atoms tend to form compounds in ways that give them eight valence electrons and thus the electron configuration of a noble gas.
What is the exception to the octet rule?
the first noble gas, helium, which only has two valence electrons.
What are the two ways atoms can satisfy the octet rule?
sharing their valence electrons and transferring valence electrons from one atom to another.
Atoms of metals tend to __ all of their valence electrons, which leaves them with an octet from the next lowest principal energy level.
lose
Atoms of nonmetals tend to __ electrons in order to fill their outermost principal energy level with an octet.
gain
Atoms of nonmetals tend to __ electrons in order to fill their outermost principal energy level with an octet.
gain
What is the atomic radius trend?
Atoms from right to left increase in atomic radius. Atoms from top to bottom also increase in atomic radius. This is because the atomic radius generally decreases as you move from left to right across a period (due to increasing nuclear charge) and increases as you move down a group (due to the increasing number of electron shells).
What is the valence trend?
In a period, the number of valence electrons increases as we move from left to right side. However, in a group this periodic trend is constant, that is the number of valence electrons remains the same.