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Element

A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by ordinary chemical means

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Compound

A substance consisting of two or more different elements combines in a fixed ratio

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Goiter

a symptom of iodine deficiency that causes the thyroid gland to grow an abnormal size

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What is an atomic number?

The amount of protons in an atom

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What is a mass number/atomic mass?

The sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom

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What is an isotope?

Many different atomic forms of an element that have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons

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What is a radioactive isotope?

An isotope where the nucleus decays spontaneously and gives off particles and energy

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What is the outermost electron shell called on an atom?

valence shell

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What is it called when two atoms give up, accept, or share electrons with other atoms?

chemical bonds

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What is it called when atoms transfer electrons?

ionic bond

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What is it called when atoms share electrons?

covalent bond

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Molecule

two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds

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electronegativity

a measure of an atoms attraction for shared electrons

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nonpolar covalent bonds

When two atoms in a covalent bond have the same electronegativity

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polar covalent bonds

When two atoms in a covalent bond have different electronegativity

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Ion

an atom or molecule with an electrical charge form the gain or loss of electrons

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Hydrogen bond

a type of chemical bond formed when a slightly positive hydrogen atom is attracted to a slightly negative atom

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polar molecule

a molecule with polar covalent bonds and an unequal distribution of charges throughout it

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chemical reactions

breaking chemical bonds and forming new ones

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Emergent Properties

many different chemical substances and compounds which can emerge from the most basic chemical substances

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Trace Elements

An element essential for life but only needed in small quantities