Across
- 2. gas, far right
- 5. basic building block of all matter
- 6. identifies the element, if you change protons, change the element
- 10. contains most of the mass in a very small space
- 11. earth very reactive and do not occur freely in nature
- 12. solid, far left through middle
- 13. characteristics that can be observed
- 16. fixed shape and volume, doesn't easily change shape
- 17. metals that are very reactive and do not occur freely in nature
- 18. definite volume, can change shape
- 19. rows in the Periodic Table
Down
- 1. solid, along zig-zag line
- 3. may change but doesn't change the element, no charge, has mass
- 4. number number of protons
- 7. columns in the Periodic Table
- 8. very small particles with little mass, move quickly around the nucleus
- 9. based on matter's ability to change into a new, different substance
- 10. gas have the maximum number of electrons in their outer shell, don't want to react with other elements
- 14. wants to combine with other elements
- 15. no definite volume of shape, can change shape
