Actinide

 Any of a series of chemically similar metallic elements with atomic numbers ranging
from 89 (actinium) to 103 (lawrencium)

Angstrom
 An angstrom is a unit of length used to measure very small distance

Atom
 Is the smallest component of an element, characterized by a sharing of the chemical
properties of the element and a nucleus with neutrons, protons and electrons

Cathode
 The negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device

Condensation
 Is the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

Corrosion
 Is the irreversible damage or destruction of living tissue or material due to a chemical
or electrochemical reaction

Electron
 A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms
and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids

Electron configuration
 The arrangement of electrons in different shells and sub-shells is known as
the electronic configuration of a particular element.
Evaporation
 Is the process of a substance in a liquid state changing to a gaseous state due to an
increase in temperature and/or pressure

Freezing
 The process through which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid

Gas
 Is a sample of matter that conforms to the shape of a container in which it is held
and acquires a uniform density inside the container, even in the presence of gravity
and regardless of the amount of substance in the container

Group
 A group is a vertical column in the Periodic Table. Groups may be referred to either by
number or by name

Heterogeneous Mixture
 A heterogeneous mixture is a mixture having a non-uniform composition

Homogeneous Mixture
 A homogeneous mixture is a solution that has equal proportions of its components
throughout any given sample

Isotope
 each of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of
protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei, and hence differ in relative
atomic mass but not in chemical properties; in particular, a radioactive form of an
element
Lanthanides
 Any of the series of fifteen metallic elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the
periodic table

Liquid
 A liquid is one of the states of matter. The particles in a liquid are free to flow, so
while a liquid has a definite volume, it does not have a definite shape

Mass
 Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object

Matter
 Matter is anything that occupies space and has mass

Melting
 Is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to
a liquid

Molecules
 a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a
chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction

Phase change
 A change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in
chemical composition

Pointillism
 Is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns
to form an image
Precipitation
 Is rain, snow, sleet, or hail — any kind of weather condition where something's falling
from the sky

Proton
 A proton is a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom

Reactivity
 Is the tendency of a substance to undergo chemical reaction, either by itself or with
other materials, and to release energy

Representative elements
 The Representative Elements are those elements within the first two families (Groups
I and II on the far left) and the last six families or groups (on the right) of the
Periodic Table

Semiconductors
 A solid substance that has a conductivity between that of an insulator and that of
most metals, either due to the addition of an impurity or because of temperature
effects

Solid
 A solid is a state of matter characterized by particles arranged such that their shape
and volume are relatively stable

Subatomic particles
 A subatomic particle is a unit of matter or energy that's the fundamental makeup of
all matter
Temperature

 Is the property of matter which reflects the quantity of energy of motion of the
component particles

Transition elements
 The transition elements are those elements having a partially filled d or f subshell in
any common oxidation state

Valence electron
 A single electron or one of two or more electrons in the outer shell of an atom that
is responsible for the chemical properties of the atom

Valence shell
 The outermost shell of an atom containing the valence electrons

Volume
 Is the quantity of three-dimensional space occupied by a liquid, solid, or gas

Water cycle
 The water cycle describes how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises
into the atmosphere, cools and condenses into rain or snow in clouds, and falls again to
the surface as precipitation

Water vapor
 Water vapor or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state
of water within the hydrosphere
 Actinide Angstrom Atom

Cathode Condensation

Corrosion
Electron

Electron Configuration
Evaporation Freezing
 Gas Group Heterogeneous

Homogeneous Isotope
Liquid

Mass
Lanthanide

Matter Melting Molecules

 Pointillism
Phase change Solid

Precipitation Proton

Reactivity
Reactivity

Semiconductor
Subatomic particles
 Temperature
Transition elements

Valence shell Volume

Valence electron

Water vapor
Water cycle