Chemical Reactions

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. A ___ solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering (11)
  2. 6. A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt (14)
  3. 7. The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element (plural) (5)
  4. 9. Any material used for its color (6)
  5. 12. How hot or cold something is (11)
  6. 14. Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red (plural) (5)
  7. 15. A coloring material that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions (6)
  8. 16. Bottom part something stands on; a safe spot in baseball (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. The strength of a solution (13)
  2. 2. A number or ratio derived from a series of observed facts (9)
  3. 3. A substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected (8)
  4. 4. A tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the ___ (13)
  5. 8. A substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion (plural) (9)
  6. 10. An abstract part of something (plural) (8)
  7. 11. A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions (plural) (9)
  8. 13. A mathematical statement that two expressions are equal (8)