Match the terms below to the correct definitions
3. Atom
1. The mass on the periodic table.
b. Electrons
2. Region surrounding the nucleus where electrons are found.
C. Protons
3. Positively charged center of an atom.
d. Neutrons
4. Particles that differ in number between isotopes.
e. Electron
cloud
5. Vertical column in the periodic table.
1. Nucleus
6. Positively charged particles in an atom.
R. Quark
7. Negatively charged particles in the outermost energy levels of the electron cloud.
8. Table that organizes the elements by properties.
9. Atoms of the same element that have different masses.
h. Atomic
number
1. Mass number
10. Smallest known particle that makes up protons and neutrons.
j. Average
atomic mass
11. All elements in the same one of these has the same number of energy levels in
their electron cloud.
k. Isotopes
12. The smallest form of matter that still retains the properties of an element.
1. Valence
electrons
13. Negatively charged particles in an atom.
m. Group
14. The sum of protons and neutrons in an atom.
n. Period
15. Represents the identity of an element.
o. Periodic
Table
