Chemistry Crossword

measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons
a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms
pertaining to something carrying a net electrical charge, as an ionic bond or ionic compound
The lowest allowed energy state of an atom, molecule, or ion
the term given to the electron configuration of noble gases
electrons orbiting one or more atoms fill the lowest available energy levels before filling higher levels
No two electrons in an atom can have identical quantum numbers.
atoms of main-group elements tend to combine in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell, giving it the same electronic configuration as a noble gas.
a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction
electrostatic attraction between the positively charged atomic nuclei of metal atoms and the delocalised electrons in the metal
any quantum state of the system that has a higher energy than the ground state
every orbital in a subshell is singly occupied with one electron before any one orbital is doubly occupied, and all electrons in singly occupied orbitals have the same spin
chemical and physical properties of the elements recur periodically when the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights