Across
- 4. elements that share the properties of metals and non-metals eg silicon
- 8. oxide, the chemical name for rust
- 11. a property of metals that means they can be stretched to form wire
- 14. negatively charged particle found in shells outside the atom
- 15. a mixture of metals eg steel
- 16. a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means
- 17. the wearing away of metals due to oxygen and water
- 18. the smallest part of an element that still has the properties of that element
Down
- 1. the name given to elements in group 7 of the Periodic Table
- 2. the first element in group 3 of the Periodic Table
- 3. a property of metals that means they can be hammered into sheets
- 5. the name given to the vertical columns in the Periodic Table
- 6. positively charges particle found in the nucleus of an atom
- 7. particle with no charge found in the nucleus of an atom
- 9. this element has 11 protons
- 10. an element that tends to form positive ions
- 12. the name given to the horizontal rows in the Periodic Table
- 13. this element has the chemical symbol K
