Atomic Structure Vocabulary
Across
- 1. Smallest unit into which matter can be divided without the release of eletrically charged particales.
- 2. In chemistry a column in the periodic table of the chemical elements.
- 7. A chemical element that exhibits some metal and non-metal properties.
- 8. A substance particale with a mass of 1 and charge of 0.
- 10. The electrons in the outermost shell, or energy level of an atom.
- 13. A structural model of an atom.
Down
- 1. The number of protons found in a nucleus of an atom, Which uniquely identifies its element.
- 3. Table The organized array of all the chemical elements in order of increasing atomic number.
- 4. Members of a family of an element that all have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
- 5. A stable negatively charged componet of an atom.
- 6. The combined mass of all the protons,neutrons, and electrons that make up an atom
- 9. A column of elements on the periodic table. Each member of a family has the same number of valence electrons.
- 11. Any substance that can not be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical process.
- 12. A positively charged particale that resides within the atomic nucleus.