Across
- 1. the area around the center of an atom where negatively charged particles circulate
- 4. group 17 on the periodic table which is very reactive with groups 1 and 2
- 7. the elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals
- 8. uncharged or neutrally charged particles
- 10. the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus
- 13. group 1 on the periodic table which is very reactive with group 17
- 14. group 18 on the periodic table which is very stable, colorless and odorless, and also called inert gases because they almost never react with other
Down
- 2. negatively charged particles
- 3. a horizontal row on the periodic table
- 5. the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- 6. the elements to the right side of the periodic table which have properties that are the opposite of metals
- 9. positively charged particles
- 11. the center of an atom
- 12. most of the elements on the periodic table which have properties that are the opposite of nonmetals
- 15. a vertical column on the periodic table