Fun Facts About Neon

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity (5)
  2. 4. The order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements (12)
  3. 5. Of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of ___ (9)
  4. 7. An elementary particle with negative charge (plural) (9)
  5. 8. A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron (plural) (7)
  6. 9. A chemical element lacking typical metallic properties (8)

Down

  1. 1. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible (6)
  2. 3. The ___ used to identify the members of a ___ (10)
  3. 6. An elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton (plural) (8)
  4. 10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube (4)