PS SHS Unit 3 The Discovery and Synthesis of Chemical Elements (Answer Key)
PS SHS Unit 3 The Discovery and Synthesis of Chemical Elements (Answer Key)
B.
Classical Element Form
tetrahedron
fire
air octahedron
earth cube
water icosahedron
universe dodecahedron
C.
1. false
2. true
3. false
4. true
5. true
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Challenge Yourself
1. Everything existing are made up of four classical elements.
2. The philosophers of the ancient times, most especially who concentrated in
alchemy came from China, India and Europe.
3. They consider gold as the rarest metal.
4. Everything was made up of something small and indivisible.
5. Everything is made up of atoms.
4.
1.
5.
2.
3.
Challenge Yourself
1. Answers may vary.
2. Answers may vary.
3. Answers may vary
4. Answers may vary
5. Answers may vary
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Lesson 3.3: The Atomic Number and Synthesis of
New Elements
Check Your Understanding
A.
1. atomic number 6. Ernest Lawrence
2. Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley 7. astatos/atomos
3. particle accelerator 8. Ernest Rutherford
4. transuranium elements 9. nuclear transmutation Reaction
5. cyclotron 10.neutrons
B.
Am americium 95
Mt meitnerium 109
Pu plutonium 94
Md mendelevium 101
Cf californium 98
Challenge Yourself
1. Answers may vary.
2. Answers may vary, but it basically explains the properties of atoms.
3. His atomic theory was the foundation of the modern version, and the
postulates accurately describe chemical reactions and laws.
4. Even though compounds form at a definite ratio, they do sometimes form
compounds with a different ratio under certain circumstances.
5. Answers may vary, but the fact that he was able to predict and postulated
chemical laws, his works has become the foundation of other great ideas.
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Lesson 3.4: The Nuclear Reactions Involved in the
Synthesis of New Elements
A.
1. nuclear reaction
2. nuclear transmutation
3. spontaneous fission
4. beta particle
5. Albert Ghiorso
B.
1. 4
2 He 6. 13
C
6
2. 1
1H or 1 1 P 7. 14
7 N
3. 1
1H 8. 22
10 Ne
4. 1
0n 9. 118
50 Sn
5. 0
-1 e 10. 54
26 Fe
Challenge Yourself
1. Answers may vary
2. Answers may vary
3. Rutherfordium is synthesized by bombarding Cf-249 with C-12 nuclei
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4. Answers may vary
5. Answers may vary
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