Classify Elements
The number of protons in an atom
What is the atomic number?
John Newland created this "Law"
The Law of Octaves
One property of these elements is they are good conductors of electricity and heat
What are Metals
When an atom loses or gains an electron
What is an ion
This Russian chemist is thought to be the Father of the Periodic Table
Who is Mendeleev
The name for the elements in Group 1
What is Alkali Metals?
Columns on the Periodic Table are sometimes called this
What is Family (or Group)
These elements are usually a gas
What are non-metals
These are the "d-block" elements on the periodic table
What are the transition metals
The 3 particles in an atom
What are proton, neutron, and electron
The name for the elements in Group 2
What are the Alkali Earth metals
Rows on the Periodic Table are called this
What are Periods
The outermost electrons in an atom
What are Valence electrons
Most of the elements in groups 16-18
What are non-metals
Elements in the same group also have this
What are the same number of Valence electrons
The name for the elements in Group 17
What are Halogens
The name given to elements in Groups 1,2,13-18
What are representative elements
The number of electrons to have a full valence shell
What is 8
An element that has the physical and chemical properties of both metals and non-metals
What are Metalloids
What happens to the size of an atom when it loses an electron
It gets smaller
Boron is categorized as this
What is a metalloid?
The inner transition metals are composed of these 2 series
What are lanthanides and actinides
The ability to attract an electron in a chemical bond
What is electronegativity
The "royal" name for Group 18
What are the Noble Gases
What is the trend in atomic radii as you move from left to right
Radii generally get smaller