Across
- 2. An atom of group of atoms that has a positive or negative electric charge; forms by gaining or losing electrons.
- 3. a scientific law stating that during a chemical reaction matter is not created or destroyed
- 4. A usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size and shape.
- 7. a combination of two or more substances. That do not combine chemically but remain the same individual substances
- 8. a vertical column in the periodic table of elements that have similar properties.
- 11. a substance made up of two or more different types of atoms bonded together
- 13. A neutral particle located in an atom’s nucleus.
- 16. a substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by ordinary chemical changes
- 18. The number before a chemical formula indicating how many molecules are involved in a chemical reaction.
- 21. The total number of protons in an atom’s nucleus.
- 23. A negatively charged particle located outside of an atom’s nucleus about 2000 times smaller than either a proton or neutron.
- 24. A substance formed by a chemical reaction; made by the rearrangement of atoms and bonds in reactants.
Down
- 1. The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus.
- 5. a substance that is not uniform throughout.
- 6. A solid substance that forms as a result of a chemical reaction between chemicals in two liquids.
- 9. a substance that is evenly spread throughout particles not distinguishable
- 10. An atom of one element that has a different number of neutrons than another atom of the same element.
- 12. a substance that is present at the beginning of a chemical reaction takes. Part in the reaction and is changed into a new substance
- 14. A change of one substance into another substance.
- 15. a horizontal row in the periodic table of the elements that have similar properties.
- 17. A group of atoms that are held together by covalent bonds so that they move together.
- 19. A positively charged particle located in an atom’s nucleus.
- 20. The number written slightly below and to the right of a chemical symbol that shows how many atoms of an element are in a compound.
- 22. A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction but is not consumed by the reaction.
