Flashcards About Composition of Matter

Welcome to these flashcards about the composition of matter. The matter is simple terms is anything that has mass and occupies space. Composition of matter, though, is an instrument formed by the intermixture of two or more ingredients and has no characteristics that match any of the ingredients. Do take a long read at these flashcards and get to see what you might learn

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Molecule -
Simplest part of a substance that retains all of the properties of that substance and cam exist in a free state.
Atomic Number -
The number of protons in an atom.
Mass Number -
Is equal to the total number of protons and neutrons of the atom.
Chemical Bonds -
The attractive forces that hold atoms together.
Nucleus -
Makes up the bulk of the mass of the atom and consists of two kinds of subatomic particles, a proton and a neutron.
Ionic bond -
The attraction of positive and negative charges.
Ion -
An atom or molecule with an electrical charge.
Orbital -
A three-dimensional region around a nucleus that indicates the probable location of an electron.
Electrons -
Negatively charged particles.
Atom -
Substances that cannon be broken down chemically into simpler kinds of matter.
Mass -
Is the quantity of matter an object has.
Molecule -
Simplest particle of an element that retains all of the properties of that element.
Matter
Is anything that occupies space and has mass.
Compounds -
Are made up of atoms of two or more elements in fixed proportions.
Isotopes -
Atoms of the same element that have a different number of neutrons.