Periodic Table Crossword
Across
- 6. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- 9. The SI fundamental unit for "amount of substance."
- 10. A value indicating the distance that an electron may move away from the nucleus of anatom
- 13. The center of an atom, a region where protons and neutrons are located
- 14. smallest particle of an element that retains all the chemical and physical properties of the element
- 16. A subatomic particle that has no electric charge
- 17. A pattern of probabilities regarding the regions that an electron can occupy within an atom in a particular energy state
- 19. An atom or atoms that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- 20. The length of time it takes a substance to diminish to one-half its initialamount
Down
- 1. Electrons that occupy the highest energy levels in anatom
- 2. Another term for chemical symbol
- 3. Atoms that have an equal number of protons
- 4. A positively charged particle in an atom
- 5. Columns on the periodic table of elements
- 7. A substance made of two or more elements that have bonded chemically
- 8. Rows of the periodic table of elements
- 11. The center of an atom, a region where protons and neutrons are located
- 12. A negatively charged particle in an atom
- 15. A group of atoms,usually but not always representing more than one element
- 18. A substance made up of only one kind of atom, which cannot be chemically broken into other substances