Elements of this type are tend to be hard, shiny solids that conduct heat and electrical current well.
What is a metal?
Metals that make up groups 3-12 of the Periodic Table
What are Transition Metals?
The symbol for gold.
What is Au?
Gases or brittle solids at room temperature, this class of element would be a poor conductor of heat or electricity
What is a non-metal?
Non-metals in group 18 of the Periodic Table that are not reactive.
What are Noble Gases?
This elemental symbol makes more sense to historians of Argentina.
What is Ag?
A type of element that shares some properties of metals and some of non-metals; located along the Periodic Staircase.
What is a metalloid?
Found in group 1 of the Periodic Table, these are the most reactive of metals.
What are the Alkali Metals?
Columns on a Periodic Table that arrange the elements by the number of electrons found in the outer shell; elements are grouped by their chemical and physical properties.
What is a group or family?
Located in group 17 of the Periodic Table, these negative charge loving elements are the most reactive non-metals
What are Halogens?
This metal has similar properties to Zinc and its mass number is less than 150 AMUs.
What is Cadmium(Cd)?
Rows in a Periodic Table that separate elements based on their energy levels.
What is a period?
Elements making up group 2 on the Periodic Table, these metals are common in most types of rock.
What are Alkaline Earth Metals?
This non-metal is similar to Oxygen and has an atomic mass less than Selenium.
What is Sulfur(S)?