BIOL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atomic Number, Chemical Element

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The importance of water and its physical and chemical properties. Smallest functional units of matter that form all chemical substances. Cannot be further broken down into other substances by ordinary chemical or physical means. Each speci c type of atom is a chemical element. Protons: positive, found in nucleus, same number as electrons. Neutrons: neutral, found in nucleus, number can vary. Electrons: negative, found in orbitals, same number as protons. Atomic nucleus: centre of the atom where protons and neutrons are con rmed. Areas in which the probability of nding an electron is high. Each orbital can hold only 2 electrons: Atoms with more than 2 electrons have more than 1 orbital. Atoms with progressively more electrons have orbitals within electron shells > nish slide. An atoms electrons very in the amount of energy they possess. Energy is de ned as the capacity to cause change. Potential angry is the energy that matter possesses because of its location or structure.

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