Nuclear Energy Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation
- 5. The weighted number of an atom
- 6. When an element's mass is different than on the periodic table (it has more/less neutrons than usual)
- 8. The ability of an atom to emit mass and energy. This process is called radiation
- 10. Two Hydrogen Atoms combine to form Helium atoms
- 12. When something happens that causes other things to happen because of it (THINK: DOMINO)
- 13. How the periodic table is organized, Also the number of protons in an element
- 14. The time required for one half of the atomic nuclei of a radioactive sample to decay
Down
- 1. One atom splits into smaller atoms
- 2. When combined with an element, changes a neutron to a proton.'
- 4. Emitted from the nucleus during alpha decay
- 7. Determines the Atomic Number
- 9. The center of an atom
- 11. A part of the Nucleus of an atom that ONLY increases the mass of the atom