CH 3: ELEMENTS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE CROSSWORD PUZZEL
Across
- 4. AN ELEMENT THAT LACKS MOST OF THE PROPERTIES OF A METAL
- 6. THE GRADUAL WEARING AWAY OF A METAL ELEMENT DUE TO A CHEMICAL REACTION
- 9. A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN CONDUCT ELECTRIC CURRENT UNDER SOME CONDITIONS
- 11. THE COLUMNS THAT THE ELEMENTS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE ARE ARRANGED
- 12. THE CENTRAL CORE OF AN ATOM WHICH CONTAINS PROTONS AND NEUTRONS
- 14. AN ATOM WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF PROTONS AND A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF NEUTRONS FROM OTHER ATOMS OF THE SAME ELEMENT
- 15. A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A MATERIAL THAT CAN BE PULLED OUT INTO A LONG WIRE
- 16. A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE MATERIAL THAT CAN BE HAMMERED OR ROLLED INTO FLAT SHEETS
- 17. AN ELEMENT THAT HAS SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH METALS AND NONMETALS
- 18. A RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED THROUGH THE STEPS OF A CHEMICAL REACTION OR INDUSTRIAL PROCESS
Down
- 1. SMALL, POSITIVELY CHARGED PARTICLES THAT ARE FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM
- 2. ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOOD CONDUCTORS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT AND HEAT
- 3. A TINY, NEGATIVELY CHARGED PARTICLE THAT MOVES AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM
- 5. THE ROWS THAT THE ELEMENTS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE ARE ARRANGED
- 7. THE EASE AND SPEED WITH WHICH AN ELEMENT COMBINES, OR REACTS, WITH OTHER ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS
- 8. THE WAY A MINERAL REFLECTS LIGHT FROM ITS SURFACE
- 10. A SPONTANEOUS EMISSION OF RADIATION BY AN UNSTABLE ATOMIC NUCLEUS
- 13. AN ELEMENT FOUND IN GROUP 17 OF THE PERIODIC TABLE
- 19. THE SMALLEST PARTICLE THAT STILL CAN BE CONSIDERED AN ELEMENT