5th Grade - Building Blocks of Matter

Building Bloc ks of Ma

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The basic unit of all matter. The smallest particle of an element.
Atom
Positive charged particles found in the nucleus of an atom
Protons
The central part of an atom
Nucleus
A particle found in the neucleus packed tightly together with protons
Neutrons
Negative charged particles that travel around the nucleus
Electrons
The space between the nucleus and the electrons is mostly...
Empty
Matter that is made of only one kind of atom
Element
How many different elements are there?
106
How many elements occur naturally on earth?
92
What do scientists use to represent elements?
Symbols
Made of two of more atoms?
Molecules
Atoms of different elements combined. Sometimes molecules of the same element combined.
Compounds
Give one example of a combined elements?
Water (Hydrogen + Oxygen) Symbol H2O
Name the 1st ten elements?
Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Berylium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Flourine, Neon