Glossary 1.3

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The glossary provides definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts essential to understand the topic in the lesson. Be sure to familiarize yourself with each term before attempting the lesson glossary quiz.

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Semiconductor

a substance that conducts a slight electric current at room temperature but has increasing conductivity at higher temperature

Simplified Lewis Structure

a Lewis structure in which bonding electron pairs are represented by solid lines and lone electron pairs by dots

Space-filling Model

a model of a molecule showing the relative sizes of the atoms and their relative orientations