Periodic Table Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. ability for an element to go through a chemical change or react with another element
- 6. most reactive metal
- 8. different forms of the same element (nonmetal) in the same phase, but with different formulas and different physical/chemical properties
- 10. group 2 elements
- 11. group 1 elements (most reactive metals)
- 15. make up most of the periodic table; located below and to the left of the staircase
- 18. shiny; property of metals
- 19. horizontal row on the periodic table
- 20. elements that exist in nature as pairs
- 22. abbreviation for standard temperature and pressure
- 24. located above and to the right of the staircase
- 25. the ability to attract electrons
- 26. group 17 elements (most reactive nonmetals)
- 27. arranged the periodic table according to atomic number
- 28. elements want to have a full valence shell to become stable
- 31. a group of elements that have similar chemical properties
- 32. not shiny; property of nonmetals
- 33. the total charge of all the protons in the nucleus
- 34. shatter easily; property of nonmetals
- 35. found along the staircase - except for aluminum
Down
- 1. melting point and boiling point below STP; have definite shape and definite volume
- 2. special patterns that are present in the periodic table that illustrate different aspects or characteristics of a certain element
- 3. groups 3-12 on the periodic table that produce colored ions when dissolved in water
- 5. a state of matter in which one substance (a solute) is dissolved in another (a solvent) – usually water
- 7. atoms and ions that have the same number of total electrons
- 9. melting and point point above STP; no definite shape or volume
- 12. amount of energy needed to lose an electron from an atom or ion (in the gas phase)
- 13. vertical column on the periodic table
- 14. arranged the periodic table according to atomic mass
- 16. most reactive nonmetal
- 17. group 18 elements (inert or unreactive gases)
- 20. can be drawn or pulled into a wire; property of metals
- 21. half the distance between two nuclei of neighboring atoms; the size of the atom
- 23. elements of the periodic table are periodic functions of their atomic number
- 29. melting point above STP and boiling point below STP; have definite volume and take partial shape of container
- 30. can be hammered or molded into sheets; bendable; property of metals