periodic table vocabulary
Across
- 2. a basic unit of a chemical element
- 4. the chemical element of atomic number 3, a soft silver-white metal. It is the lightest of the alkali metals.
- 8. a structural model of an atom
- 10. outermost electron of an atom
- 13. a mineral used by the body to help maintain muscles, nerves, and bones
- 16. A group of electrons circulating around a nucleus or a molecule
- 17. organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows and columns according to increasing atomic number.
- 19. a negative charged particle of an atom
- 20. chemical elements whose physical and chemical properties fall in between the metal and non-metal categories
Down
- 1. the chemical element of atomic number 17, a toxic, irritant, pale green gas.
- 3. building block of subatomic particles
- 5. A substance with high electrical conductivity, luster, and malleability, which readily loses electrons to form positive ions.
- 6. a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom except that of simple hydrogen
- 7. the chemical element of atomic number 11, a soft silver-white reactive metal of the alkali metal group.
- 9. the chemical element of atomic number 12, a silver-white metal of the alkaline earth series
- 11. Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements.
- 12. a posotive charged particle of an atom
- 14. the structure in a cell that contains the chromosomes
- 15. gasses odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemical reactivity
- 18. chemical elements whose physical and chemical properties fall in between the metal and non-metal categories