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Chemistry Challenge Crossword #1

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Chemistry Challenge Crossword #1

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Chemistry Challenge Crossword #1

14 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 2. Negative particle orbiting the nucleus
  2. 6. State that fills its container
  3. 7. Blend that keeps its parts
  4. 8. Element glowing in signs
  5. 9. What reactions release or absorb
  6. 12. Bond that swaps electrons
  7. 15. State with its own shape
  8. 16. Smallest unit of an element
  9. 17. Center of the atom

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  1. 1. Reddish wiring metal, symbol Cu
  2. 2. Pure substance from the periodic table
  3. 3. Element that burns bright white
  4. 4. Compound of oxygen and one more
  5. 5. Bunsen heating device
  6. 10. Element with symbol Au
  7. 11. Solid turning to liquid
  8. 13. Element that rusts and builds blood
  9. 14. ___ gases refuse to react

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Chemistry Challenge Crossword #1

14 × 15 grid · 18 words · Hard · CrosswordWise

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  1. 2. Negative particle orbiting the nucleus — ELECTRON
  2. 6. State that fills its container — GAS
  3. 7. Blend that keeps its parts — MIXTURE
  4. 8. Element glowing in signs — NEON
  5. 9. What reactions release or absorb — ENERGY
  6. 12. Bond that swaps electrons — IONIC
  7. 15. State with its own shape — SOLID
  8. 16. Smallest unit of an element — ATOM
  9. 17. Center of the atom — NUCLEUS

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  1. 1. Reddish wiring metal, symbol Cu — COPPER
  2. 2. Pure substance from the periodic table — ELEMENT
  3. 3. Element that burns bright white — MAGNESIUM
  4. 4. Compound of oxygen and one more — OXIDE
  5. 5. Bunsen heating device — BURNER
  6. 10. Element with symbol Au — GOLD
  7. 11. Solid turning to liquid — MELTING
  8. 13. Element that rusts and builds blood — IRON
  9. 14. ___ gases refuse to react — NOBLE

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About This Free Printable Crossword

Bunsen burners, electron shells, and the periodic table all meet in this hard chemistry crossword, an eighteen-answer challenge set on a 14x15 grid. Solvers must recall the reddish wiring metal whose symbol is Cu, the element that burns bright white, and which gases refuse to react, while long entries such as magnesium and electron tangle across the middle. It is pitched at high school students, though a middle school honors class or a science-loving family can rise to it.

Use it as the capstone of a matter and atoms unit, a pre-test review that actually makes students think, or the quiet block in sub plans that still teaches. Choose Letter or A4 to match your printer, then hit Print Puzzle for the blank grid with clues and keep Print Answer Key for yourself, since the solved grid lands on its own page. Save as PDF inside the print dialog downloads a file you can post to your class page. More chemistry puzzles, plus the rest of our printable crossword library, are close at hand when the lab work is done.

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