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| 1. | ______________ are used to study objects or events too small, too large, too slow, too fast, too dangerous, or too far away to see. |
| 2. | Both a protons and a neutron have a mass of ______ amu. |
| 3. | The nucleus is the part of an atom that has a __________ charge due to the protons it contains. |
| 4. | In 1808, John ________ imagined that atoms as tiny, solid balls that had different mass for each kind of element |
| 5. | __________ is the abbreviation for atomic mass unit. |
| 7. | Electrons with low _______ move in the cloud close to the nucleus while electrons with higher amount of __________ move around the nucleus a a greater distance. |
| 8. | The _________ is the very small, very dense, center core of an atom. |
| 11. | ___________ are particles in an atom that have no (neutral) charge. |
| 12. | A ______ is a diagram, mental picture, a mathematical statement, or an object that helps explain ideas about the natural world. |
| 14. | Most of the size or _________ of atom is the space in which electrons move. |
| 17. | Each _______________ has a mass of about 1/2000 amu. |
| 19. | The size of the _________ is very tiny compared to the size (volume) of the electron cloud. |
| 20. | Models are used to help scientists make and test ____________ (educated guesses.) |
| 21. | The ___________ of an element may have different masses but they all react the same way chemically. |
| 22. | ___________ are particles that move rapidly around the outside of the nucleus. |
| 24. | (two words, no space) The ______________ is the number of protons in the atom oms of that element. |
| 27. | (two words, no space) The sum (added together) of the protons and neutrons in an atom is called the ____ ________. Hint-do not count the electrons because they weigh next to nothing. |
| 32. | The ________________ (amount of matter) of a electron is very small. It takes about 2000 electrons to equal the ___________ of one proton. |
| 33. | The ________ Model proposed that electrons move in specific layers and give off or absorb energy as they move from one "SHELL" to another. |
| 35. | Only the element ______ has an atomic number of twenty six. |