Across
- 2. change from a solid to a liquid
- 5. able to be drawn into thin wires
- 7. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 8. number of protons in an element
- 9. way of writing the name of a compound using chemical symbols
- 11. the way a material reflects light
- 12. smallest part of an element that can be identified as that element
- 13. particle that has a positive charge - located in the nucleus of an atom. You can figure out the number of protons by looking at the atomic number of an element.
- 15. state of matter that has no definite shape or volume
- 16. change from a gas to a liquid
- 17. state of matter with a definite shape and volume
- 18. change from a liquid to a solid
- 19. state of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape
Down
- 1. change from a solid directly to a gas
- 3. process in which new substances with new chemical and physical properties are formed
- 4. elements that make up Group 17 in the periodic table
- 6. change from a liquid to a gas at the surface of the liquid
- 9. force of attraction that holds atoms together
- 10. ions with a negative charge
- 14. element that lacks most of the properties of a metal, is not shiny, does not conduct electricity or heat well, is not malleable so it is called brittle or breakable.