Nuclear Energy
Across
- 1. high energy, high speed electrons
- 3. the process by which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy.
- 4. atoms are split apart, which releases energy
- 5. the total mass of the subatomic particles in an atom
- 8. the act of emitting radiation spontaneously
- 11. a subatomic particle with a positive electric charge.
- 12. the membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes
- 14. electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by an unstable nucleus of an atom during radioactive decay
Down
- 2. The total number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- 6. an uncharged elementary particle that has a mass nearly equal to that of the proton and is present in all known atomic nuclei except the hydrogen nucleus.
- 7. a series of events so related to each other that each one initiates the next.
- 9. atoms with the same number of protons and electrons, but a different number of neutrons
- 10. composite particles consisting of two protons and two neutrons tightly bound together
- 13. the time required for half of something to undergo a process