Across
- 1. an ion with a positive charge
- 4. a physical blend of two or more substances that are not chemically combined
- 5. the weighted average of the masses of the isotopes of an element
- 10. an ion with a negative charge
- 12. subatomic particle with a negative charge
- 13. the splitting of a nucleus into smaller fragments, accompanied by the release of netrons and a large amound of energy
- 14. subatomic particle with a positive charge
- 15. point at which a solid turns into a liquid
- 18. a substance that increases the ragte of reaction by lowering the activation energy
- 20. the study of the structure, properties, and composition of substances, and the changes that substances undergo
- 22. a compound that produces hydrogen ions in a solution, is a hydrogen-ion donor, or an electron-pair acceptor
- 24. the closeness of a set of measurements taken under the same conditions
- 26. a compound that produces hydroxide ions in solution, is a hydrogen-ion acceptor, or an electron-pair donor
- 28. a substance that cannot be changed into simpler substances under normal laboratory conditions
- 29. a starting substance in a chemical reaction
Down
- 2. the closeness of a measurement to the true value of what is being measured
- 3. subatomic particle with no charge
- 6. a neutral chemically bonded group of atoms that act as a unit
- 7. the amount of a substance that dissolves in a given quantity of a solvent at specified conditions of temp. and pressure
- 8. point at which a liquid turns into a gas
- 9. a reaction in which two light nuclei combine to produce a nucleus of heavier mass, accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy
- 11. a substance that can be separated into simpler substances only by chemical reactions
- 16. a carefully controlled, repeatable procedure for gathering data to test a hypothesis
- 17. the central portion of an atom composed of protons and neutrons
- 19. dissolved particles in a solution
- 21. the time required for one-half of an atom to decay
- 23. atoms of the same elemnt that have the same atomic number but different masses
- 25. the dissolving medium in a solution
- 27. the concentration of solute in a solution expressed in moles
- 30. smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element