Honors Chemistry Chapter 2 Study
Guide
matter - Answer️️ -anything that has mass and takes up space
atoms - Answer️️ --the building blocks of matter
-the simplest part of an element
element - Answer️️ --each one is made of the same kind of atom
-cannot be broken down any further b...
matter - Answer✔️✔️-anything that has mass and takes up space
atoms - Answer✔️✔️--the building blocks of matter
-the simplest part of an element
element - Answer✔️✔️--each one is made of the same kind of atom
-cannot be broken down any further by chemical means
currently there are ___ elements - Answer✔️✔️-115
chemical symbol - Answer✔️✔️--1 or two letters
-first letter always capitalized, the second never, chemical "shorthand"
-most are derived from either Latin or Greek
-some are named after famous scientists
-even countries, states and even planets show up as the name of elements
compound - Answer✔️✔️--made of two or more different kinds of elements chemically
combined
-can be broken down into more elemental particles
-when broken down, the pieces have completely different properties than the original
chemical formula - Answer✔️✔️--a short hand method used to show the number and type
of atoms present in a compound
subscript - Answer✔️✔️--represents the number of atoms
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