Important+Questions

Important questions about the atom [] [|http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/3-atoms.htm]
 * 1. What are the three major components (parts) of an atom and where are they found? Include a visual. **

-electron: outside the nucleus -proton: inside the nucleus -neutron: inside the nucleus 
 * 2. What is true of most of the space inside an atom? **

It is neutrally charged.
 * 3. What is characteristically different from one atomic element to another (like helium and oxygen)? **
 * 4. Explain the difference between atomic number and atomic mass. Use a visual to explain the difference. **
 * 5. Compare the relative masses of the three subatomic particles and their charges. Create a data table. **




 * 6. What is an isotope? Visually show two isotopes and explain how they are similar and different from each other. **

An isotope are atoms of the same element but with different numbers of neutrons. They all have the same atomic number. The only thing that could change in the isotope of an element is the atomic mass. As the mass may increase with the more neutrons added. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">7. What happens when matter is heated? **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">8. What happens when white light passes through a prism? From a physics perspective, how are colors of light different from one another? Include a visual. **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Light that comes from a natural source is white light. When it passes into a glass or water, the speed slows down and the beam bends. White light that enters a prism, a triangular piece of glass, bends in the glass, and then bends again when leaving the glass. The result is a spectrum, seven colors that make up light. The colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The color red bends the least in a prism, while violet bends the most.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9. What are atomic line spectra? Where do they come from? Include visuals of line spectra of at least two different elements. **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">An atomic line spectra are of two types, but most specifically is emission lines. Emission lines are produced when electrons jump from a high energy state to a lower energy state. Depending on the size of the jump, an electron could release a large amount of energy (blue light) or a small amount of energy (red light). By emitting the energy, it will show an emission spike at the wave length.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">H:HydrogenLi:LithiumNa:Sodium