Across
- 2. the amount of particular substances contained within a solution/mixture or in a particular volume/space
- 5. the positively charged central region of an atom
- 7. the total number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus
- 9. an element that has properties that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals
- 13. a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids
- 14. any of the elements lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium, occupying Group IA (1) of the periodic table
- 15. a table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number
- 17. the body of theory which explains the physical properties of matter in terms of the motions of its constituent particles
- 19. process by which particles spread
- 20. a notation of one or two letters representing a chemical element
- 22. a group of atoms held together by covalent bonds
- 23. a chemical element that mostly lacks the characteristics of a metal
- 24. the movement of water molecules from a solution with a high concentration of water molecules to a solution with a lower concentration of water molecules
- 25. a vertical column in the Periodic Table
- 27. the smallest unit into which matter can be divided without the release of electrically charged particles
Down
- 1. a small portion of matter
- 3. smaller than or occurring within an atom.
- 4. an element that readily forms positive ions
- 6. any of the six chemical elements that comprise Group 2 (IIa) of the periodic table
- 8. the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed
- 10. an admixture of metals
- 11. the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table
- 12. any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume
- 13. the capacity for doing work
- 16. a substance that contains atoms of two or more different elements that are chemically joined together
- 18. a group in the periodic table consisting of five chemically related elements
- 21. a subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge
- 26. a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron
