Chapter 5 vocabulary - Science Crossword

Particles with no charge
Shows that every atom of the same element has the same number of protons
Specific amount of energy an electron has
Atoms with same # of protons and different # of neutrons
Salt forming elements
Ability to carry electric current
Arrangement of elements by pattern of properties
Describes a material that can be made into long wires
Positively charged particles
Describes material that can be made into flat sheets
Letter(s) that abbreviate elements name
The way a mineral reflects light
The deterioration of metal from a chemical reaction
Good conductors of current and heat
Center of an atom
Ease/speed at which an element combines or reacts to another substance
Group 18 element, usually nonreactive
Harder, denser, and melt at a higher melting point than Alkali metals
Elements that sometimes conduct electric current
Elements arranged in columns
Ability to transfer heat
Made of 2 atoms
Element that lacks most properties of a metal
Average mass of an element
Some properties of metals and nonmetals
Sum of protons and neutrons
Rows that arrange periodic table
Malleable, yet hard, and shiny metals
The most reactive metals