Across
- 4. the total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus
- 7. the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth
- 9. a atomic particle that occurs in the nucleus of every atom and carries a positive charge equal in size to the negative charge of an electron
- 10. a uncharged atomic particle that has a mass nearly equal to that of the proton and is present in all known atomic nuclei except the hydrogen nucleus
Down
- 1. a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by physical or chemical means
- 2. equal to the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- 3. an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons
- 5. a negatively charged subatomic particle that can be either bound to an atom or free
- 6. atoms with the same number of protons and electrons, but a different number of neutrons
- 8. anything that has volume and mass
