Periodic Table Crossword
Across
- 4. Property of electrons that may be thought of as clockwise or counterclockwise orientation
- 6. the rows of the periodic table
- 8. How strongly an atom attracts a pair of electrons to itself when bonded with another atom
- 11. An atom that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- 14. Electron in outer shell associated with an atom
- 17. Any state with energy greater than ground state
- 18. The distance from the center of the nucleus to the outermost energy level of an ion
- 19. A transparent object that separates light white light into a full color spectrum; a glass or other transparent object with refracting surfaces at an acute angle with each other and that separates white light into a spectrum of colors
- 20. Stationary state of lowest energy
Down
- 1. Region of space with high probability of finding an electron
- 2. The columns of the periodic table
- 3. A force of attraction or repulsion caused by charged particles
- 5. Repeating patterns in the periodic table
- 7. Ways in which electrons are arranged in various orbitals around the nuclei of atoms
- 9. The amount of energy needed to remove one valence electron from an atom
- 10. The distance from the center of the nucleus to the outermost energy level of an atom
- 12. Fixed energies an electron can have; path in which an electron is most likely moving
- 13. Simplified version of the quantum mechanical model
- 15. Amount of energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another
- 16. Number of wave cycles passing a given point per unit time