Week 6 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. a horizontal row of the periodic table
- 4. the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus of an atom
- 8. the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom;the atomic number is the same for all atoms of an element
- 10. a subatomic particle that has a negative charge
Down
- 1. a substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means
- 2. an arrangement of the elements in order of their atomic numbers such that elements with similar properties fall in the same column, or group
- 5. a subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is located in the nucleus of an atom;the number of protons in the nucleus is the atomic number, which determines the identity of an element
- 6. the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element
- 7. a column in the periodic table of the chemical elements
- 9. a subatomic particle that has no change and that is located in the nucleus of an atom