Across
- 2. a pure substance made of only one type of atom, which cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means
- 3. a chart that organizes all known chemical elements by their atomic number.
- 4. an atom or molecule that has a net electrical charge because it has a different number of electrons than protons.
- 6. a characteristic of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's chemical identity
- 8. the total count of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus
Down
- 1. an area outside the nucleus where electrons are found
- 5. The number of protons in an atom
- 7. a one- or two-letter abbreviation used to represent an element on the periodic table.
