Across
- 3. most reactive family of nonmetal elements
- 4. scientist who predicted the properties of elements that were still not discovered
- 5. unstable isotopes of an atom which decay, giving off radiation
- 8. element in group 5, period 4
- 9. scientist who discovered the existence of neutrons
- 11. scientist who discovered the tiny, dense positive nucleus
- 12. type of pure substance composed of only one kind of atom
- 14. scientist who stated that the atom is a sphere of positive charges with negative electrons embedded in it
- 17. scientist who stated that electrons can move up or down from one orbit to another
- 18. scientist whose theory stated that the atom is a small indivisible solid sphere
- 19. electrons that occupy the highest, outermost shell of an atom
Down
- 1. most elements on the Periodic Table are found in this state at STP
- 2. element located near the staircase on the periodic table
- 6. named the atom after the Greek word “atomos”
- 7. atoms of an element that have a different number of neutrons
- 10. this element has 5 valence electrons and 4 shells
- 13. scientist who stated the atom is surrounded by a ring of negative electrons
- 15. region of an atom in which electrons are most probably located
- 16. subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom and determines its identity
