The Nucleus: Crash Course Chemistry #1 (MC)
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What is the science that studies how atoms combine to form everything?

  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry (correct)
  • Geology
  • What is chemistry?

  • The study of how atoms combine to form everything. (correct)
  • The study of how plants grow.
  • The study of how animals behave
  • The study of how rocks are formed
  • What is the science of how atoms combine to form everything?

  • Biology
  • Chemistry (correct)
  • Physics
  • Geology
  • Who mathematically proved the existence of atoms and molecules in 1905?

    <p>Albert Einstein</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does atomic theory explain?

    <p>The existence of atoms and molecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who explained the existence of atoms and molecules?

    <p>Albert Einstein</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are atoms made up of?

    <p>Protons, electrons, and neutrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who mathematically proved the existence of atoms and molecules in 1905?

    <p>Albert Einstein</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are atoms made up of?

    <p>Protons, neutrons, and electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines what element an atom is?

    <p>The number of protons in an atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines what element an atom is?

    <p>The number of protons in the atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are atoms made up of?

    <p>Protons, neutrons, and electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the defining trait of an element?

    <p>The atomic number</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines what element an atom is?

    <p>The number of protons in the nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the defining trait of an element?

    <p>The atomic number</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom?

    <p>They stabilize the nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom?

    <p>To serve as a buffer between protons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the defining trait of an element?

    <p>The atomic number</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of neutrons in the nucleus?

    <p>To serve as a buffer between protons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are isotopes?

    <p>Atoms of the same element with different masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are isotopes?

    <p>Elements with different numbers of neutrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are isotopes?

    <p>Same element with different masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mass number of an atom?

    <p>The total number of nucleons in the nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mass number?

    <p>The total number of nucleons in the nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mass number?

    <p>The total number of nucleons in the nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the chemical symbol of an element represent?

    <p>The atomic number, mass number, and charge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the chemical symbol of an element represent?

    <p>The atomic number, mass number, and charge of an element</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is "nucleus" pronounced?

    <p>&quot;Noo-klee-us&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is "nucleus" pronounced?

    <p>Noo-klee-us</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the chemical symbol represent?

    <p>The atomic number, mass number, and charge of an element</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How were atoms confirmed?

    <p>By Einstein's mathematical definition of Brownian motion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How were atoms confirmed by Einstein's mathematical definition of Brownian motion?

    <p>By observing the movement of molecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the correct pronunciation of "nucleus"?

    <p>&quot;Nuh-clee-us&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do interesting chemical reactions occur?

    <p>In the electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do interesting chemical reactions occur?

    <p>Electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do interesting chemical reactions occur?

    <p>In the electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    • Chemistry is the science of how atoms combine to form everything.
    • Atomic theory explains the existence of atoms and molecules.
    • Einstein mathematically proved the existence of atoms and molecules in 1905.
    • Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
    • The number of protons in an atom determines what element it is.
    • The atomic number is the defining trait of an element.
    • Neutrons serve as a buffer between protons in the nucleus.
    • Isotopes have different masses but the same chemical properties.
    • The mass number is the total number of nucleons in the nucleus.
    • The chemical symbol represents the atomic number, mass number, and charge of an element.
    • "Nucleus" is the correct pronunciation of the word.
    • Atoms were confirmed by Einstein's mathematical definition of Brownian motion.
    • Elements are chemically pure substances.
    • The type of element is defined by the number of protons in its nucleus.
    • Neutrons stabilize nuclei.
    • Isotopes of the same element cause relative atomic masses to not be whole numbers.
    • Nuclei are uninteresting, while electrons are where interesting chemical reactions occur.

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