THe Atom
Across
- 5. = the building blocks of matter
- 7. = scientist who is credited with discovering the electron
- 10. = equal in number to the number of protons
- 12. = helps scientist understand something that we cannot directly see
- 13. number = number of protons in an atom
- 14. = particle with the same mass as a proton
- 15. = name of element used in fluorescent signs
- 17. = Fe is the symbol
- 18. = negatively charged particle
- 20. = scientist credited with discovering the proton
- 21. = the maximum number of electrons the second energy can hold
- 22. = symbol for silver
Down
- 1. = scientist who discovered the neutron
- 2. = element with 78 protons
- 3. = scientist who developed the planetary model of the atom
- 4. = atom of an element with a different number of neutrons
- 5. mass = sum of the protons and neutrons
- 6. = element often made into electrical wire
- 8. = only atom with atoms which do not have neutrons
- 9. = element that has 9 electrons
- 10. cloud = region surrounding the nucleus which is occupied by electrons
- 11. = name of element whose symbol is Ru
- 14. = symbol for sodium
- 16. = center of the atom
- 19. = positively charged particle in the nucleus