Life’s Hierarchy – Elements - 36 pts

Term

4 pts Element: An element is a chemical
substance that contains only one kind of
atom.
4 pts 4 Examples
The four elements found in all living things
are oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen.
2 pts Picture:
4 pts In the periodic table, elements are
placed into seven horizontal rows called
periods, according to the number of
electron shells in their atoms.
4 pts Each group or vertical column
(sometimes called families) in the table
represents the number of electrons in the
valance shell.

History:

4 pts Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian

chemist who determined that the properties
of elements vary according to their atomic
weight.
2 pts In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev created the
first periodic table of elements.
4 pts Periodic table: a chart showing
the chemical elements arranged according to
their atomic numbers.
Picture:5pts
1 pt The valence shell is the outermost
shell.
2 pts Atomic number: The number of
protons in the nucleus of an atom.
In electrically neutral atoms, the atomic
number is also equal to the number of
electrons spinning around the atoms
nucleus.