Nuclear Energy Crossword Puzzle

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