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Elements Unit 6.1
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- 1—Elements Unit 6.1
With The Help Of Zeyd - 2AtomsThe smallest building blocks of matter
- 3BrittleEasily crumbled or shattered
- 4DuctileAble to be stretched to form a wire
- 5ElementsSubstances made up of only one atom
- 6LatticesGrid like structure of atoms
- 7LustrousShiny
- 8MalleableAble to be hammered or bent into new shapes
- 9MetalsSubstances that have a metallic shine, conduct heat and electricity, and can be hammered into sheets and drawn with wires
- 10MoleculesCluster of atoms
- 11MonatomicDescribes elements that consist of single atoms
- 12Non-metalsSubstances that are usually dull (not shiny), do not conduct heat and electricity, and break or crumble
- 13Periodic tableA table that shows all the known elements
- 14PropertiesThe characteristics of a substance
- 15Scanning tunnelling microscope (STM)A microscope that can see atoms by scanning a tip across the surface of crystals and sensing the atoms as bumps on the surface
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