Across
- 3. A chemical element that makes up about four-fifths of the atmosphere of the Earth
- 5. particle with no charge, found in the nucleus of an atom
- 6. also known as scientific law, expresses generally observed behavior(2)
- 7. chemical reaction between an acid and a base to produce a salt and water
- 9. (-COOH)
- 13. the central part of an atom that contains the protons and the neutrons
- 14. ten to the negative ninth power
- 15. a large nucleus is split into two smaller nuclei(2)
- 16. a saturated nine carbon compound
- 18. process by which atoms lose electrons
- 19. element with 10 protons
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- 1. A hydrocarbon that makes a great fuel with this general formula Cn H2n+2
- 2. Where the electrons are most likely to be found
- 3. elements that are poor conductors of heat and electricity, are brittle, have a low melting point, and usually gain electrons in a chemical reaction
- 4. ionic equation no spectator ions allowed!
- 6. the physical state of elements or compounds that are taking part in a chemical reaction(3)
- 7. 1865, the periodic pattern of the law of octaves
- 8. making full outer valence shells (2)
- 10. group of elements with a full valence shell of electrons(2)
- 11. Acid found in DNA and RNA
- 12. When solute particles dissolve from a concentrated solution to a dilute one
- 15. form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA.
- 16. opposite of "like dissolves like", has symmetrical geometry
- 17. the SI unit of force
- 18. atomic number 8
