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Choose the correct word ftom the list to match each description.

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group
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rnolecule

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period

A substance made up of only one type of atom.

The tiniest particle of an element that can exist.
A group of atoms bonded tight$ together.
A substance made of more than one kind of atom bonded together.
A column in the Periodic Table.
A row in the Periodic Table.

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hydrogen
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Name the elements with these sl,rnbols.

Na

CI

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Explain why scientists use symbols for the elements"

Explain why some symbols -- for example, Cl and Si - have two ietters.

Suggest a name for a compound containing potassium and chlorine.

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Which elements a,re present in the compound aluminium sulfate?

Suggest a name for a compound containing calcium, carbon and oxygen.
What is the difference between a molecule of carbon dioxide and a
molecule of carbon monoxide?

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d

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Give the symbols fbr the fbllowing elements.

rnagnesiurn oxygen
calciurn boron

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Elements and compounds

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Here are the formulae of four substances.

Hr0

MgSOn

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C
d
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End of unit questions

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N2

Name the element that occurs in three of these substances.

Name the element present in these substances that is a metal.
Give the chemical syrnbols for magnesium and hydrogen.
List the types and numbers of the atoms in one molecule of HrO.

Element

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Compound

water, HrO
sulfur dioxide, S0,
sodium, Na
carbon,

hydrogen, H,

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The diagrams show the atoms in four diffbrent substances. Eactr circle represents

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an atom"

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The following chemicals are either elements or compoLrnds. Copy the table and tick
one box for each substance, to shor,v which it is. The first one has been done for vou.
Name and formula of substance

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r-, Q-.

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o'r, oory

Copy and complete the table, to show which diagrams represent elements
and which diagrams represent compounds.
Elements

Compounds

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Elements and compounds

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