Chemistry (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group (6)
  2. 5. Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity (5)
  3. 6. A process in which one or more substances are changed into others (8)
  4. 8. Any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances (14)
  5. 10. Any of five related nonmetallic elements that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions (plural) (8)
  6. 11. Parents, children and relatives who belong together (6)
  7. 12. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and ___ (5)
  8. 13. A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens (8)
  9. 14. Of or relating to or characterized by ___ (8)
  10. 15. The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists (9)

Down

  1. 1. The process of oxidizing (9)
  2. 2. A chemical element lacking typical metallic properties (8)
  3. 4. The simplest structural unit of an element or compound (8)
  4. 7. Any of the monovalent ___ of group I of the periodic table (plural) (12)
  5. 9. A relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate (7)
  6. 13. A substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion (8)