Across
- 3. A chart of all known elements that scientists reference when working with atoms or molecules
- 4. Ag
- 10. elements in group 18 of the periodic table that share similar properties such as a full outer electron shell
- 11. U
- 14. Al
- 17. Pb
- 18. An abbreviation for the name of an element on the periodic table.
- 21. when an element has more than one possibility for the number of neutrons
- 23. The average mass of the nucleus of that element.
- 25. ________ electron is a located in the outermost shell of an atom
- 29. Repeating rows of the periodic table that demonstrate patterns of how elements are arranged.
- 31. elements in group 17 of the periodic table that need only one electron to complete its outer electron shell
- 32. A subatomic particle with no charge located at the center of an atom.
- 34. Li
- 36. Characteristics of elements that help to identify what they are.
- 40. C
- 41. K
- 43. Elements arranged in vertical columns of the periodic table that share the same properties.
- 45. Si
- 46. _______ family are the elements in group 16
Down
- 1. Cr
- 2. A subatomic particle of an atom that is negatively charged and orbits the nucleus extremely fast.
- 5. I
- 6. ________ family are the elements in group 14
- 7. someone who studies chemistry
- 8. He
- 9. The basic unit of an element.
- 10. ________ family are the elements in group 15
- 12. elements in group 1 of the periodic table that are characterized as metals and only have one valence electron
- 13. H
- 15. this is where the electrons in an atom are found
- 16. ________ family are the elements in group 13
- 19. Sn
- 20. Na
- 22. The number of protons in the nucleus of each element.
- 24. Anything that has mass and takes up space.
- 26. Cl
- 27. Two or more atoms bonded together.
- 28. Ne
- 30. Mg
- 33. A positively charged subatomic particle located at the center of an atom.
- 35. Ca
- 37. O
- 38. Elements that are good conductors of electricity and thermal energy and are often solid at room temperature.
- 39. elements in group 2 of the periodic table that are characterized as metals and only have two valence electrons
- 42. Protons and neutrons clump together at the center of an atom to form the ___________ of an atom.
- 44. P
