Across
- 3. a positive ion
- 5. any substance composed of identical molecules that consist of atoms of at least two elements
- 8. a negative ion
- 9. a group of two or more atoms bonded together
- 10. the positively charged subatomic particle
- 13. discovered nucleus using alpha particles and gold foil
- 15. the name of the force that is felt between two charged particles
- 16. rare earth metal that is needed for electric cars
- 19. the name of the rare earth metals from atomic number 57-71
- 20. a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical processes
- 23. the negatively charged subatomic particle
- 24. the number of groups in the periodic table
- 25. where electrons are found in an atom
- 26. where the mass of an atom is concentrated
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- 1. the naturally occurring element with the highest atomic number
- 2. the name of the 16th group of elements
- 4. the name of the group 17 elements
- 6. a substance formed by physically combining two or more different elements or compounds where each component retains its own chemical identity
- 7. the subatomic particle with no charge
- 8. an element in the fifth period and 15th group
- 10. a row in the periodic table
- 11. discovered the neutron
- 12. a column in the periodic table
- 14. the element whose cation form is a single proton
- 17. atoms of an element that have different numbers of neutrons
- 18. the first person to name the basic building block of matter "atom"
- 21. the country with the greatest capacity for mining rare earth metals
- 22. the number of rows in the periodic table
