Water (H 2O) &

Carbon Dioxide (CO 2) Exploring Science 8 Contain Only 1

are Good Examples Pages 54-67 Kind of Atom
Contain two or
More Different Atoms
Around 100
Different Elements
Chemicals combine
in Chemical Reactions
Chemicals co... Elements Cannot be split
Chemical Equations: Further by Chemistry
Chemical Formula Compounds
Reactants -> Products Says How Many Metals
Atoms of Each (Left)
Element is in a Metals, Non-Metals
& Metalloids
Compound Metalloids
(Middle-Right)
Found in the Non-Metal
Tend to Have a High Melting Point Periodic Table (Far Right)
Usually Solid at 8E Atoms &
Room Temp (Mercury (liquid) is Elements
Represented
an obvious exception) by Symbols

Good Conductors Cannot be Split by

of Heat & Electricity An Atom is Chemical Reaction
the Smallest part
of an Element We Now Know that Atoms
Consist of Smaller Particals
Metals
Tend to be Shiny
Can be Split by
Nuclear Fission
Tend to be
grey or silver For Example
(Copper & Gold Oxygen
are Exceptions) Low Melting/Boiling
Point (Half are gases) Exception:
Carbon (Graphite)
Malleable (easily Poor Conductors conducts Electricity
hammered into Non-Metals of Heat & Electricity
shapes)
Solids are
Often Brittle
Ductile (Easily stretched)
Metalloids
Sulphur (S) is an
Many Tend to be Dense Example of a
(Heavy for their size) Solid Non-Metal

Iron (Fe) & Semiconductors

Aluminium (Al) for Example Silicon
are good examples