Across
- 4. dissolving
- 5. the essential facts or principles of a subject or skill.
- 8. a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
- 9. the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, which is characteristic of a chemical element and determines its place in the periodic table.
- 11. of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° under standard conditions.
- 12. a conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.
- 14. a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron.
- 16. the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree
- 18. a subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge, present in all atomic nuclei except those of ordinary hydrogen.
- 19. an instance of giving off something such as a liquid or gas.
Down
- 1. a substance made by mixing other substances together.
- 2. the total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus.
- 3. emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles.
- 6. the extent or measurement of a surface or piece of land.
- 7. the negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device.
- 10. the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.
- 12. a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- 13. the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist.
- 14. is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration
- 15. the positively charged central core of an atom, consisting of protons and neutrons and containing nearly all its mass.
- 17. the degree of compactness of a substance.