Chemistry Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. Light at a certain frequency causes metal to ___ their electrons
- 5. A model of the atom had negatively-charged electrons embedded within a positively-charged "soup."
- 6. What kinds of particles are atoms made up of?
- 8. An atom that has gained or lost one or more electrons
- 9. The visible _____ spans the wavelength region from 400 to 700 nm.
- 11. A flame test is a _______ test for the ID of an unknown
- 17. Atomic symbol is W
- 20. The ____ of light observed when a substance is heated from one substance to another.
- 22. Atoms with different numbers of protons, each with its own atomic symbol
- 24. Electrons do _____ out the positive charge of the protons in the nucleus
- 25. Atoms are mostly _____ _____?
- 29. ELectrons do not ___ anything to the mass number
- 30. What kinds of electrons are normally at ground state
- 31. Certain other isotopes which are unstable, that is, ______.
- 32. When atoms absorb energy and become ___?
- 33. A unique single upper-case letter or upper-case plus one lowercase letter symbol
- 36. When we think of atoms, it’s useful to think of them first as ______ ______.
- 41. Every atom’s nucleus is _____ by electrons
- 42. Atomic symbol is Ne
- 43. All _________ waves, including visible light, travel at the speed of 300*10^8
- 45. One billionth of a meter.
- 46. Whose experiment included the shooting of alpha particles at a very thin sheet of gold foil?
- 47. Atoms with a negative charge and have more electrons than protons
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- 1. Minimum amount of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom
- 2. A tiny object made entire of protons and neutrons
- 3. Sub-atomic particles with a zero charge (they are neutral) and a mass of 1 atomic mass unit (amu)
- 7. Made up of sub-atomic particles
- 10. Atoms with a positive charge and have fewer electrons than protons
- 12. The number of protons plus the number of neutrons equals the______ ___ ______?
- 13. Atoms with the same number of protons but different number of neutrons
- 14. From excited energy levels, there is a natural tendency for the electrons to make a transition or drop back down the ______ ______.
- 15. When a substance is heated in a flame, the atoms _____ energy from the flame.
- 16. Atomic symbol is H
- 18. All _____ is made up of atoms.
- 19. Most of the alpha particles pass through the gold foil _______.
- 21. Ions have a ___ _______ charge calculated buy adding up all positive charges for the protons with all negative charges of the electrons.
- 22. Even smaller sub-atomic particles than protons and neutrons with a -1 charge and a tiny mass (0.00054 amu).
- 23. Acronym for the colors of the visible light spectrum, in order from long wavelength to short.
- 26. When an electron makes a transition from a higher energy lebel to a lower energy legal, this particle of light is emitted.
- 27. Metal cation is K
- 28. In order to be a neutral, an atom has to have the ____ number of electrons as protons
- 34. Mass of 28
- 35. Below a certain frequency, no electrons will eject no matter the _______ of the light
- 37. Each element’s AES is _______ and can be used to identify it.
- 38. Wavelength * frequency
- 39. Number of protons referred to is called a(n) ____ ______? The letter Z is used to represent it
- 40. ________ shorten= frequency increases
- 44. Sub-atomic particles with a +1 charge and a mass of about 1 atomic mass unit (amu)