Biology Scaffolding- The Periodic Table, Elements, and Atoms
Across
- 5. Protons and neutrons held together by the "strong force"
- 7. Define the atom
- 8. Atom that loses electrons (positively charged ion)
- 11. Elements needed by life in large amounts
- 13. Different numbers of ______ create ions
- 16. Charge of atom with equal number of protons and electrons
- 17. Atomic mass unit
- 18. A substance composed of only one type of atom
- 19. Charge of atom with "appropriate" number of neutrons in nucleus
- 20. Different numbers of ______ create isotopes
Down
- 1. Macronutrients in the human body
- 2. Atoms that have lost or gained electrons
- 3. Smallest particles of an element that can exist and still have the properties of that element
- 4. Electrons surround nucleus
- 6. Atom that gains electrons (negatively charged ion)
- 9. Basic unit of matter
- 10. Anything that has mass and takes up space
- 12. Atoms of the same element containing different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus
- 14. Elements found inside organisms in very minute qualities
- 15. The periodic table of...