Atoms and Ions

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. An impetuous rush toward someone or something (6)
  2. 4. The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element (4)
  3. 8. One who does not side with any party in a war or dispute (7)
  4. 9. The power to do work or make things move (6)
  5. 12. A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality (plural) (6)
  6. 14. An elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton (7)
  7. 15. Hopeful and optimistic; the opposite of negative (8)

Down

  1. 1. Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile (plural) (6)
  2. 2. A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron (6)
  3. 3. A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure (7)
  4. 5. An elementary particle with negative charge (8)
  5. 6. The act of moving something from one location to another (8)
  6. 7. A flow of electricity through a conductor (7)
  7. 10. A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed (8)
  8. 11. An electrical force linking atoms (4)
  9. 13. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and ___ (5)