Chapter 3 Review Game Questions
1) Name the three subatomic particles and their charge?
Protons – positive
Neutrons – neutral
Electron – negative
2) Matter is anything that has ___ and ___.
Volume, Mass
3) Combination of 2 or more components that retain their identity
Mixture
4) What is the difference between a covalent and ionic bond?
Covalent – sharing of electrons
Ionic – transfer of electrons
5) The most important factor in determining the behavior of an element is _____.
Number of valence electrons
6) Solutions characterized by formation of hydrogen ions are called what?
Acids
7) The mass number of an atom is equal to what?
Protons + neutrons
8) Name 6 properties of water that make it essential to life:
High Boiling Point/Low Freezing Point, Polar Molecule, Expands as a Solid, High Specific Heat,
Cohesion, Adhesion, Surface Tension, Universal Solvent, Capillary Action.
9) Name the phases of matter in order from greatest thermal energy to least.
Plasma, gas, liquid, solid
10) What is the difference between an ion and an isotope?
Ion- atoms that gains or losses an electron, giving it a negative or positive charge
Isotope- atom with a different mass number (due to a different number of neutrons nucleus)
11) List the # of electrons that can go into the first 4 energy levels and what is the formula to find out the # of
electrons in an energy level?
2, 8, 18, 32 / 2n2
12) In water is a ____ molecule because its electrons are located closer to which element?
Polar molecule, Oxygen
13) Process of changing into a liquid to a gas can be called 2 things. What are they
Evaporation (below boiling point), Vaporization (at or above the boiling point)
14) What are the 2 types of solids and what is the difference between them?
Crystalline Structure – particles arranged in geometric pattern
Glass – particles arranged randomly
15) What do you call the spontaneous process in which unstable nuclei release radiation?
Radioactive decay
16) What are the electrons called in the outermost energy level?
Valence
17) Which sub atomic particle is not factored into the mass of a particle?
Electron
Chapter 3 Review Game Questions
18) Process of changing from a solid into a gas
Sublimation
19) Another name for a homogeneous mixture
Solution
20) A solution that has a PH of 9 is considered a what?
Base
21) This element makes up 93.5% of the universe
Hydrogen
22) Ooblec is an example of ________?
Non-Newtonian fluid (type: shear-thickening)
23) What terms could you use to describe orange juice?
Solution, Homogeneous Mixture, Acid, Liquid
24) One reason why it is important that ice floats.
Lakes would freeze and kill aquatic life
25) Draw a Lewis Dot structure for Phosphorous.
P
26) What is an element that would likely want to bond with a single Chlorine atom?
Any element in group/column 1
27) What is difference between the mass number and the atomic mass?
Mass number is the number of subatomic particles in the nucleus (protons + neutrons), while atomic
mass is the average mass number for all known isotopes for that element.