Across
- 2. A tiny, negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus of an atom.
- 4. a chemical element that forms a salt when it reacts with metal
- 5. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- 9. compound made from two or more nonmetals
- 10. Positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom
- 12. A group of atoms bonded together or two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.
- 13. pure substance that consists entirely of one type of atom
- 15. Center of an atom
- 17. Elements with properties of both metals and nonmetals
- 19. The ease and speed with which an element combines, or reacts, with other elements and compounds.
Down
- 1. A subatomic particle that is neutral and that is found in the nucleus of an atom
- 3. compound made from metal and not metal
- 6. shiny, malleable, ductile and good conductors
- 7. Unreactive nonmetals. all are colorless, odorless, gases at room temp.
- 8. Columns of the periodic table are called
- 11. the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom are called
- 12. Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements
- 14. A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table
- 16. the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element
- 18. Group 1 of the periodic table (metals)
