ATOMIC
STRUCTURE
NEUCLONS
ELECTRONS PARTICLES
HISTORY
STABLE
or not
ELEMENTS
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NUCLEONS - $100
 The
particle that has a positive
charge.
 What
is a proton?
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 Particle
 What
that has no charge.
is a neutron?
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 Where
scientists collide particles
(protons) to study fundamental
atomic particles.
 What
is a particle collider?
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NUCLEONS - $400
 Protons
and neutrons – size and
mass
 What
particles have approximately the
same size and mass?
Or
 What is 1 amu (atomic mass unit)?
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NUCLEONS - $500
 The
forces that hold the neutrons
and the protons together in the
nucleus.
 What
are nuclear forces?
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ELECTRONS - $100
 1/2000th
the mass.
 What
is the size of an electron
compared to a proton or neutron?
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ELECTRONS - $200
 Negative
charge.
 What
is the charge of an electron or
the electron cloud?
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 Electron
 Where
cloud
electrons are located?
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ELECTRONS - $400
 2,
 What
8, 8
are the maximum number of
electrons that go on the first 3 energy
levels? – *note* this works for science 1
class only because the third energy in
reality contains more and you will learn
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ELECTRONS - $500
 Groups
 How
or families
are elements grouped based on
number of electrons in the atoms (of the
same group or family) outer energy levels?
OR
 How are elements grouped that have
similar properties based on outer energy
level electrons?
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PARTICLES - $100
 Protons
and neutrons
 What
particles makeup the nucleus
of the atom?
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PARTICLES - $200
 Tracks
 What
do scientists study at particle
colliders (through detectors) after they
have caused two particles to collide or
crash?
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 Quarks
 What
are the particles that makeup a proton or
neutron?
OR
 What are the fundamental particles that make
up an atom?
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 Positively
charged alpha particles.
 During
the gold foil test
(Rutherfords experiment) what was
“shot” at the gold foil?
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PARTICLES - $500
 Several
atoms with differing
numbers of neutrons, same
element.
 What
is an isotope?
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HISTORY - $100
 Indivisible
or not to be cut.
 What
is the Greek meaning of the word
atomos?
OR
 What was the original thought on the
makeup of atoms?
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HISTORY - $200
 Mendeleev
 Who
was the “father of the modern
periodic table” and first grouped
elements together?
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HISTORY - $300
 Gold
foil test
 What
was the experiment that
Rutherford ran that led to the
discovery of electrons?
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HISTORY - $400
3
of the 5 individuals we discussed
that contributed to the development
of modern atomic model/theory.
 Who
were Democritus, Dalton,
Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr?
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HISTORY - $500
 2400 BC
 When
was the first description of the atom
attempted?
OR
 When did Democritus first attempt to describe
the atom.
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STABLE or not - $100
 Atoms
that were stable, undergo a
change that causes them to become
unstable.
 What
is an atom that becomes
ionized when a neutral atom gains
or loses electrons?
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STABLE or not - $200
 Full
outer energy level.
 When
is an atom considered stable
in regards to its number of
electrons?
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 A negative
two charge.
 What
is the charge of an atom (that
was stable/neutral) that gains two
electrons?
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STABLE or not - $400
 Noble
gases
 What
are the elements that are the most
stable?
OR
 What are the elements with full outer
energy levels (with electrons)?
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STABLE or not - $500
 Radioactive
elements.
 What
are elements that have an imbalance
of neutrons and protons?
OR
 What is an atom that has more neutrons
(too many neutrons) in relation to protons?
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PERIODIC TABLE - $100
 Zero neutrons.
 What
is “special” about the element
hydrogen?
OR
 How neutrons does the element hydrogen
contain?
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 Helium
 What
noble gas does not have 8
electrons in its outer energy level?
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 Groups
and periods
 What
are the vertical columns (elements
have similar properties and vertical rows
on the periodic table called?
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 Atomic
number
 What
is the number that gives you the element
and the number of protons contained in each
elemental atom?
OR
 What number signifies the number of protons
for each element?
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PERIODIC TABLE - $500
 Average
atomic mass
 What
elemental number signifies the
number of neutrons and protons for each
element and is an average mass for all
atoms of the same element (isotopes)?
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ATOMIC STRUCTURE
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Atomic structure game created by Lee Rowlinson
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