The Periodic Table
Across
- 2. My atomic number is 79.
- 3. An atom with a unique number of protons is called an ____________.
- 6. The horizontal rows of the periodic table are called ____________.
- 10. My atomic number is 47 and I am used to make photographic film.
- 12. The number of protons in the nucleus of atoms gives an element its ____________ ____________.
- 13. The element with the atomic number 92 is ____________.
- 14. I have 2 electrons in the first shell, 8 in the second shell, and 6 in the third shell.
- 16. I have 20 neutrons and am found in your teeth and bones.
- 19. The outer energy level of electrons are called the ____________ level.
- 21. The vertical columns of the periodic table are called ____________.
- 22. I am the head of the group 4 and am known as the “basis of life”.
- 23. The atomic ____________ is the number of protons in the nucleus of an element.
Down
- 1. The positively charged particles found in the nucleus of an atom.
- 4. Negatively charged particles that circle the nucleus of atoms are called ____________.
- 5. The elements in group 1 are the ______________ _____________.
- 7. Atoms which have gained or lost electrons are called ____________.
- 8. ________________ of an element have the same atomic number but different atomic masses.
- 9. I am a noble gas with 2 electrons.
- 11. The shape of the orbits of electrons are called ____________.
- 15. The ____________ is the centre of the atom.
- 17. I am a metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- 18. I am not really an alkali metal, but since I have only 1 electron I behave like them.
- 20. The smallest particle of a substance which retains the properties of that substance.