Matter
Across
- 1. a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by physical or chemical means.
- 3. a tiny particle that has mass and a positive electric charge
- 5. a tiny particle with approximately the same mass as a proton, but it has no electrical charge.
- 7. anything that has volume and mass
- 8. number The sum of the protons and the neutrons in an atom’s nucleus
- 10. Atoms of the same element that have different mass numbers
- 11. An atom that gains or loses one or more electrons from its outermost energy level has a net electric charge
Down
- 2. has little mass, but it has a negative electric charge
- 4. is made up of protons and neutrons
- 6. the smallest particle of an element that retains all the properties of that element
- 9. number The number of protons in an atom’s nucleus is