Biology vocab quiz study guide

Periodic Table

The tool where all known information about the elements can be found

Groups

The columns reading down on the periodic table

Mass

The amount of matter in an object

Chemical symbol

The universal shorthand of an element

Atomic Mass number

This tells you the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom

Electron

The negatively charged particles found in an atom

Proton

The positve parts of an atom

Neutron

Parts of an atom that do not have a charge are the

Nucleus

The center of an atom where most of the mass is found ad it contains the protons and neutrons

Chemistry

The study of matter is

Period

The rows across the periodic table are the

matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space

Atomic number

This tells you the number of protons in an element

Elements

The universal atoms that make up all known matter are the