Word Play with Atomic Structure

 Instructions:  Identify each element and write its symbol in the blank following its clue.  Add or subtract letters and write the resulting letter in the blank to the right.  The letters in the vertical column will spell out a message you are sure to agree with in the third nine weeks.

 1.  Samarium _____ plus nitrogen _____ minus manganese______                                      

2.  Atomic mass 31 _____                                                                                                

3.  Praseodymium _____ plus oxygen _____ minus polonium _____                          

4.  Atomic number 28 _____ minus atomic mass 14.0 _____                                        

5.  Group 1, period 3 _____ plus atomic number 6 _____ minus atomic mass 40.1          

6.  Atomic number 80 _____ minus the lightest element _____                                    

7.  82 protons _____ minus 16 neutrons _____                                                              

8.  Heaviest noble gas _____ minus 2 main shells, 5 e- in outer s & p subshell _____ 

9.  63 electrons _____ minus heaviest naturally occurring element _____                          

10. Group 15, period 4 _____ minus element with 16 protons _____                         

11. 97 protons _____ minus group 13, period 2 _____                                                            

12. Group 1, period 2 _____ plus atomic mass 238 _____ minus 71 protons _____              

13. 76 electrons _____ minus 8 protons, neutrons and electrons (each) _____             

14. Atomic number 74 ______                                                                                               

15. 67 electrons _____ plus main shell 3, 6 e- in s & p _____ minus at.mass 190 _____  

16. Noble gas 3^rd main shell ____ plus 5 protons ____ minus liquid in group 17 _____ _

17. 90 protons _____ minus only element with no neutrons _____                                      

18. 5 main shells with 7 e- in outer s & p _____                                                             

19. 2 main shell with s & p filled ____ plus 9 protons ____ minus at. number 26 _____  

20. Lightest noble gas _____ minus the only nonmetal in group 1 _____                         

21. 26 protons _____ minus group 17, period 2 _____                                                            

22. 48 electrons _____ plus 92 protons _____ minus at. number 29 _____                         

 

final message reads: ______________________________________________________________