Across
- 3. The smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still be the same substance
- 4. The tiny, extremely dense, positively charged region in the center of an atom
- 7. The sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom
- 8. the process of adding electrons to or removing electrons from an atom or group of atoms
- 10. Particles found within the atom, mainly protons, neutrons, and electrons
- 13. The properties of elements tend to repeat in a regular pattern when elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number
- 15. A region in an atom where there is a high probability of finding electrons
- 16. A one or two letter representation of an element
- 17. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- 18. Vertical columns on periodic table
- 20. The particles of the nucleus that have no charge
Down
- 1. The regions inside an atom where electrons are likely to be found
- 2. A pure substance that is made up of only one kind of atom
- 5. Created the first periodic table, arranged elements by increasing atomic mass
- 6. Any of the possible energies an electron may have in an atom
- 9. an electron in the outermost energy level of an atom
- 11. Atoms that have the same number of protons but have different numbers of neutrons
- 12. The horizontal rows of elements in the periodic table
- 14. The negatively charged particles found in all atoms
- 19. The positively charged particles of the nucleus