Periodic Trends Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Ions with a negative charge
  2. 4. any of the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine, occupying group VIIA (17)
  3. 6. ion with a positive charge are called cations.
  4. 8. any of the six chemical elements that make up Group 1
  5. 11. any of various metallic elements (such as chromium, iron, and nickel) that have valence electrons in two shells instead of only one
  6. 14. a law stating that the elements, when listed in order of their atomic numbers (originally, atomic weights), fall into recurring groups, so that elements with similar properties occur at regular intervals.
  7. 15. any of the six chemical elements that make up Group 1
  8. 16. This famous person arranged and put together the periodic table.
  9. 17. an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
  10. 18. the tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons toward itself.
  11. 19. any of the gaseous elements helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, occupying Group 0 (18)
Down
  1. 1. the process by which ions are formed by gain or loss of an electron from an atom or molecule.
  2. 3. an element (e.g. arsenic, antimony, or tin) whose properties are intermediate between those of metals and solid nonmetals or semiconductors.
  3. 5. The elements present in s- and p-blocks except inert gases
  4. 7. the elements which form negative ions by accepting or gaining electrons
  5. 9. The vertical columns on the periodic table
  6. 10. placed to the left of the zigzag line that runs between the five elements: boron, silicon, arsenic, tellurium, and astatine.
  7. 12. a horizontal row of the periodic table.
  8. 13. the total distance from the nucleus of an atom to the outermost orbital of its electron.