Across
- 4. An element or compound that conducts electric current better than an insulator but not as well as a conductor does
- 6. An element that conducts heat and electricity poorly
- 9. A subatomic particle that has no charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom
- 10. One of the elements of Group 17 of the periodic table
- 12. A vertical column of elements in the periodic table
- 13. A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table
- 14. An atom’s central region which is made up of protons and neutrons
Down
- 1. An atom or group of atoms that has lost or gained one or more electrons and has a negative or positive charge
- 2. A unit of mass that describes the mass of an atom or molecule; it is exactly one-twelfth of the mass of a carbon atom with mass number 12
- 3. A subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom
- 5. An atom that has the same number of protons as other atoms of the same element do but that has a different number of neutrons
- 7. A subatomic particle that has a negative charge
- 8. An element that is shiny and conducts heat and electricity well
- 11. A region in an atom where there is a high probability of finding elections
