Across
- 1. a substance that cannot be broken down into another substance
- 5. the number of a chemical element in the periodic system
- 6. a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.
- 8. atoms that have the same number of protons and electrons, but a different number of neutrons.
- 10. # of protons + # electrons
- 11. a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons toward itself.
- 13. he shortest distance between the nuclei of an atom and the atom's outermost shell
- 15. 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons.
- 17. atoms combining to form chemical compounds
- 18. the basic unit of a chemical element.
- 19. the quantity of matter contained in an atom of an element.
- 20. the membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes.
Down
- 2. he three-dimensional areas around the nucleus of an atom where a particular electron resides.
- 3. an uncharged atomic particle
- 4. An elementary particle with a positive charge, found in the nucleus of an atom.
- 7. negative +
- 9. negatively charged subatomic particle
- 10. another term of atomic mass
- 12. # of protons + # neutrons
- 14. the sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus of an atom.
- 16. positive +
