Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. the arrangement of electrons is the orbitals of an atom or molecule
  2. 3. Area around the nucleus of an atom where the atom’s electrons are most likely to be found
  3. 9. A negatively charged ion
  4. 11. Charged particle that has either more or fewer electrons than protons
  5. 12. group of elements whose lightest members are represented by helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine as arranged in the periodic table of the elements
  6. 16. The smallest particle of an element that still retains the property of an element
  7. 17. Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons
  8. 19. element that typically is a hard shiny solid, is malleable and is a good conductor
  9. 20. Particle, composed of quarks, inside the nucleus of an atom that has a charge of 1+
  10. 22. the numbers in chemical formula that are slightly lowered down representing the numbers of atoms
  11. 24. a compound that contains two different elements
  12. 26. Particles surrounding the center of an atom that have a charge of 1-
  13. 28. Organized list of all known elements that are arranged by increasing atomic number and by changes in chemical and physical properties
  14. 31. an ion with a positive charge caused by a loss of electrons
  15. 35. a force that holds atoms together in a compound
  16. 36. A column of elements in the periodic table
Down
  1. 2. chemical shorthand that uses symbols to tell what elements are in a compound and their ratios
  2. 4. attraction formed between atoms when they share electrons
  3. 5. Weighted-average mass of the mixture of an element's isotopes
  4. 6. An outer shell electron that is associated with an atom
  5. 7. element that is typically gas or brittle solid at room temperature
  6. 8. A positively charged ion
  7. 10. compound that is composed of two elements
  8. 13. an ion with more electrons than protons
  9. 14. a group of atoms creating the smallest unit of compound
  10. 15. Neutral particle, inside the nucleus of an atom
  11. 18. vertical row in the periodic table
  12. 21. Positively charged center of an atom that contains protons and neutrons and is surrounded by a cloud of electrons
  13. 23. substance formed from two or more elements in which the exact combination and proportion of elements is always the same
  14. 25. element that shares some properties with metals and some with nonmetals
  15. 27. region of space, throughout which all physical properties of a material are essentially uniform
  16. 29. attraction formed between oppositely charged ions in an ionic compound
  17. 30. Number of protons in an atom's nucleus
  18. 32. Horizontal row in the periodic table
  19. 33. The general tendency of a set of data to change
  20. 34. Sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus