Science Jeopardy

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Science Jeopardy!
Matter
Traits of Elements
The Periodic Table
The Atom
Combining Atoms
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Final Jeopardy
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1 - 100
This is anything that has mass and takes up space
Matter
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1 - 200
This is a substance that cannot be broken down by
simple means into any other substance (the
building blocks of matter)
Element
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1 - 300
This is something made of only one kind of matter
Substance
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1 - 400
This is matter that contains two or more
different substances but each substance keeps its
identity even when combined
Mixture
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1 - 500
This is formed when two or more elements combine
to form a new substance and it is much different
from the elements that make it up
Compound
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2 - 100
Traits such as size, color, and shape are called
Properties
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2 - 200
Traits that can be observed or measured without
changing the identity of a substance
Physical properties
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2 - 300
How one substance reacts with another substance
(sometimes hard to observe and describe)
Chemical property
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2 - 400
This is an example of a physical property that
must be measured using instruments
Density, melting point, boiling point, mass,
conductivity
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2 - 500
Mixing and heating two substances is an example
of a
Chemical reaction
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3 - 100
These are found on the Periodic Table in an
organized manner
Elements
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3 - 200
The Periodic Table is broken up into four groups
metals, nonmetals, semimetals, and _______.
Noble (inert) gases
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3 - 300
Metals are good conductors of electricity. This
element is the best conductor
Copper (Cu)
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3 - 400
An atom has 5 protons, 5 neutrons, and 5
electrons. Its atomic number is
Five
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3 - 500
This is the element found in all living things
(Bill Nye talked about this)
Carbon (C)
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4 - 100
The smallest particle of an element that has the
chemical properties of the element
Atom
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4 - 200
These are the negatively charged particles that
move around the outside of the nucleus
electrons
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4 - 300
Protons and neutrons are found in the.
Nucleus
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4 - 400
This is the difference between one element and
another (what makes elements different)
The number of protons in the nucleus
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4 - 500
This is one of the ways that we represent the
atom even though we cannot see it
Orbital (Bohr) model or electron-cloud model
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5 - 100
This is the force that holds together a group of
atoms
Chemical bond
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5 - 200
This is a group of atoms held together by one
type of chemical force
molecule
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5 - 300
NaHCO3 This is an example of a (think recipe)
Chemical formula
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5 - 400
The parts (ingredients) that make up a chemical
formula are called (Na, for example)
Chemical symbol
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5 - 500
The small number found in the chemical formula
tells us what?
The number of atoms of the element to the left of
it
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Final Jeopardy
Box out the following formulas. How many
different kinds of elements are in each formula?
How many atoms total are in each
molecule? NaHCO3 CaCO3 CH3COOH

• 4 different, 6 total
• 3 different, 5 total
• 3 different, 7 total