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What is the smallest unit of an element?
What is the smallest unit of an element?
Which particles are found in the atomic nucleus?
Which particles are found in the atomic nucleus?
What characteristic of protons distinguishes them from neutrons?
What characteristic of protons distinguishes them from neutrons?
What defines an anion?
What defines an anion?
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Which element property can be determined using the periodic table?
Which element property can be determined using the periodic table?
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How are isotopes relevant in medicine?
How are isotopes relevant in medicine?
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In which type of compound would you find carbon?
In which type of compound would you find carbon?
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What does the pH scale reflect?
What does the pH scale reflect?
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Why are buffers important in biological systems?
Why are buffers important in biological systems?
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What distinguishes a molecule from a compound?
What distinguishes a molecule from a compound?
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What remains constant in an atom regardless of variations?
What remains constant in an atom regardless of variations?
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How is atomic mass defined?
How is atomic mass defined?
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What allows elements to be organized in the periodic table?
What allows elements to be organized in the periodic table?
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What is a cation?
What is a cation?
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Which statement correctly describes isotopes?
Which statement correctly describes isotopes?
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How are isotopes typically denoted?
How are isotopes typically denoted?
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Which particles have negligible mass when calculating atomic mass?
Which particles have negligible mass when calculating atomic mass?
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What charge do anions carry?
What charge do anions carry?
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What is essential to determining an element's atomic number?
What is essential to determining an element's atomic number?
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Why do all elements exist as a mixture of isotopes?
Why do all elements exist as a mixture of isotopes?
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