Atom Vocab Puzzle
Across
- 3. the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
- 5. A compound is a material formed from elements chemically combined in definite proportions by mass
- 6. An elementary particle found the atomic nucleus* of all stable atoms except the hydrogen-1 atom
- 7. An element is a substance composed of atoms with identical atomic number
- 10. A sample of matter consisting of more than one pure substance
- 11. Having uniform properties or composition.
- 12. The total number of protons* and neutrons* in an atom or ion
- 13. A tiny, incredibly dense positively charged mass at the heart of the atom
- 14. The number of protons* in an atomic nucleus
- 16. A cation is a positively charged ion
Down
- 1. There is no change in total mass during a chemical change
- 2. An atom or molecule that has acquired a charge by either gaining or losing electrons
- 3. An anion is a negatively charged ion.
- 4. An elementary particle found the atomic nucleus* with a positive charge equal and opposite that of the electron
- 8. Matter is anything that has mass
- 9. A sample of matter that cannot be separated into simpler components without chemical change
- 15. fundamental consituent of matter, having a negative charge