Vocabulary
Across
- 2. area around the nucleus of an atom where the atom’s electrons are most likely to be found
- 4. sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus
- 6. a molecular bond, is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms
- 8. chemical element that mostly lacks the characteristics of a metal.
- 9. monatomic metal cation and a monatomic nonmetal anion
- 12. number of protons in an atom’s nucleus
- 16. way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms
- 19. fewer electrons than protons
- 20. charged particle that has either more or fewer electrons than protons
- 21. indicate the number of atoms of the element immediately
- 23. column of elements in the periodic
- 26. particles surrounding the center of an atom that have a change of -1
- 27. atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
- 28. row of chemical elements.
- 29. atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons
- 30. neutral particle, composed of quarks, inside the nucleus of an atom.
- 32. outer shell electron that is associated with an atom
- 33. region of space, throughout which all physical properties of a material are essentially uniform.
Down
- 1. Cation, atom or group of atoms that bears a positive electric charge.
- 3. distribution of electrons of an atom or molecule in atomic or molecular orbitals.
- 5. specific patterns in the properties of chemical elements
- 7. complete transfer of valence electrons a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- 10. formation of a chemical bond between two or more atoms
- 11. the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units.
- 13. an element (e.g. arsenic, antimony, or tin) whose properties are intermediate between those of metals and solid nonmetals or semiconductors.
- 14. particle, composed of quarks, inside the nucleus of an atom
- 15. an element that readily forms positive ions (cations) and has metallic bonds.
- 17. The smallest particle of an element that still retains the properties of the element.
- 18. chemical substance composed of many identical molecules composed of atoms from more than one element held together by chemical bonds.
- 22. whose lightest members are represented by helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine as arranged in the periodic table of the elements.
- 24. tabular display of the chemical elements, which are arranged by atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties.
- 25. vertical column of the periodic table tabular display of the chemical elements
- 31. a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.