Period Table Crosswords

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Across
  1. 2. What are vertical columns of elements (families) on the periodic table with similar valence electron configurations and similar properties
  2. 5. What is the 7A family?
  3. 9. Elements that tend to have properties that are similar to the properties of metals and nonmetals
  4. 10. This is the ability of an atom of an element to attract electrons when the atom is in a compound.
  5. 13. Ionization energy usually ______ across the period.
  6. 15. Ionic size ______ down the group
Down
  1. 1. Elements that are a poor conductor of heat and electric current. They are blue on the periodic table.
  2. 3. Boiling point is an example of what type of property?
  3. 4. This is the minimum energy required to remove an electron
  4. 6. gases What is the 9A family?
  5. 7. What is the 2A family?
  6. 8. What is the most electronegative element?
  7. 11. What is the 1A family?
  8. 12. Elements that are good conductors of heat and electric current. They are yellow on the periodic table.
  9. 14. What kind of property can be determined only by changing the identity of the substance?