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What is a particle?
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a tiny piece of anything.
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What is a atom?
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the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
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What is a compound?
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A substance in which two or more elements are chemically combined.
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What is the periodic table
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The table showing the elements in order of increasing atomic number ; similar elements are...
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What is a period?
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A period is a row of the periodic table.
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What is a group?
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A group is a colomn of the periodic table;
Elements in a group have similar properties.
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What is a formula?
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A formula uses symbols and numbers to tell you what elements atre in a compound; and the ratio...
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What is a atomic number?
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It is the number of protons in the atoms of an element,it is also called the proton number.
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What is a mass number?
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The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom; it is another term for Nucleon Number.
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What is a proton?
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The number of protons in the atoms of an element.
It is also called the atomic number.
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What is a Neutron?
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A particle with no charge and a mass of 1 unit,
found in the nucleus of an atom.
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