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| The dense, positively charged mas located in the center of an atom. |
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| A positively charged subatomic particle that is found in the nucleus of an atom. |
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| A negitively charged subatomic particle that is found in the space outside the nucleus of an atom. |
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| A unique number for each element that equals the number of protons in an atom of that element. |
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| The sum of the number of protons and neurtrons in the nucleus of an atom. |
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| Atoms of a given element that have different numbers of neurtrons and different mass numbers. |
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| The possible energies that electrons in an atom can have. |
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| A visual model of the most likely locations for the electrons in a atom. |
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| A region of space around the nucleus where an electron is likely to be found. |
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| The arrangement of electrons in the orbitals of an atom. |
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| A state in which all the elcrons in an atom have the lowest possible energies. |
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