Across
- 3. A substance that can conduct electricity only under specific conditions
- 7. Describing when something can be hammered into different shapes
- 10. A particle that has a negative charge and can leave or join atoms.
- 11. Behaves like a metal and/or a nonmetal depending on the situation.
- 13. Atoms want their outer shell to become ________
- 15. The outermost electrons that decide how an atom behaves
- 19. The first element on the Periodic Table, that has one proton.
Down
- 1. Shiny, conductive, and lose electrons easily.
- 2. A full outer shell means an atom is …
- 4. The type of property that describes an element's ability to react with other elements to create a new substance
- 5. Nonmetals do this with electrons to become more stable
- 6. Describing when a material can be made into wires
- 8. The shine that a substance has
- 9. The type of property that is observed without changing the identity of the element
- 12. Metals do this with electrons to become more stable.
- 14. Brittle, dull, and more likely to gain electrons.
- 16. A particle made up of two or more atoms
- 17. The ease and speed with which an element combines, or reacts, with another element
- 18. When two atoms share or transfer electrons
