Intro To Chemistry

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Summary: Atoms, Elements, Compounds molecules,and more. What do these all have in common? Thats easy they are all a part of chemistry. Let's start with the atom. The atom is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Atoms are the basic building blocks for everything. Now using these atoms we can create elements. These are different combinations of atoms. For example Hydrogen it has one proton and one electron. While maybe Bismuth has 83 protons.  Now may be wondering I have covered atoms and elements, so what are these compounds and molecules? Well lets see compounds. Most favorite compound is sugar. Sugar is a compound because it has multiple elements put together t to create something such as the formation for glucose, Then we have molecules that are like 02 it doesn't have multiple different elements but more so multiple of the same.

S&EP: Using Mathematics: This week we used mathematics when we found cations and anions. First a Cation is when an atom loses electrons. Then of course Anions are when they gain electrons.For this we had to use our skills in subtracting negative numbers. Such as 5 -(-2)= 7. To get the proper number you need to remember that a negative next to a negative creates a positive.

XCC: This week we used Stability and Change. When you have an atom its very important that you  make it balanced. You don't want an atom to have Cations or Anions. So you actually see when we were doing the gizmo that when you add protons or electrons to you elementit can change that stability. This change could make it either more positive or more negative. Especially with the protons which are a major depending factor upon what the element will be. If you think about tit to make Hydrogen you must always have only one proton. IF there is more added that's a completely new element.