Across
- 6. the Russian chemist who published the first periodic table
- 9. are found on the right side of the periodic table and tend to gain electrons
- 11. vertical columns on the periodic table
- 12. the sum of the number of protons and neutrons
- 13. the charge of a neutron
Down
- 1. subatomic particle that is negatively charged
- 2. the elements of the periodic table were organized by Mendeleev in order of increasing __________
- 3. alkali metals tend to ______ lose electrons, forming positive ions
- 4. group 18 elements are known to be _______ or non-reactive
- 5. the number of horizontal rows on the periodic table
- 7. the center of an atom
- 8. the atomic number is equal to the number of protons
- 10. same elements with different numbers of neutrons