The Periodic Table Vocabulary (use ^ for each space)
Across
- 1. Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907)
- 5. a horizontal row of elements in the periodic table
- 7. the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- 8. a one or two letter representation of an element
- 12. word part meaning neutral
- 13. word part meaning having an electric charge
- 14. a subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom
- 15. a subatomic particle that has a negative charge
Down
- 2. a subatomic particle that has no charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom
- 3. the average mass of all the isotopes of an element
- 4. electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom
- 6. a column on the periodic table
- 8. a substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds
- 9. a chemical rule of thumb that elements tend to bond in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell, giving it the same electronic configuration as a noble gas
- 10. word part meaning first or positive
- 11. basic unit of matter - means uncuttable in Greek