Element Basics
The Table
Metals
Non-Metals
Metalloids
100
The number over the chemical symbol is called what?
The Atomic Number
100
The zigzag line on the table divides what?
The metals and nonmetals
100
Metals make up the majority of the periodic table. (True/False)
True
100
Are non-metals on the right or left side of the periodic table?
They are on the right side. (Except for Hydrogen)
100
Metalloids are the smallest category on the periodic table. (True/False)
True
200
The largest category (metals, nonmetals, and metalloids) has the most elements?
Metals
200
What are the metalloids on the table?
On either side of the zigzag line
200
Metals are to the right of the zigzag line. (True/False)
False, metals sit to the left of the zigzag line
200
What is the first non-metal listed on the periodic table?
Hydrogen
200
Metalloids are on the left of the zigzag line, with the metals. (True/False)
False, metalloids are on both sides of the zigzag line.
300
The one or two letter symbol for each is called what?
The chemical symbol
300
Group 2 contains what metals?
Alkaline-Earth Metals
300
What is the most common type of metal on the table?
Transition Metals
300
All of Group 18 (all non-metals) are classified as what? (solid, liquid, gas)
Gas
300
What is the only metalloid named after a place?
Germanium (named after Germany)
400
What is the atomic mass?
The sum of the protons and neutrons in the element's atoms
400
As the table progresses from left to right the elements become ____ metallic. (more or less)
Less metallic
400
What is the most reactive type of metals?
Alkali Metals
400
Most non-metals are listed as what? (solid, liquid, gas)
Gas
400
All metalloids are classified as what? (solid, liquid, gas)
Solids
500
Hydrogen, Helium, Neon and Oxygen are all?
Nonmetals
500
The elements placed below the table are called what?
Lanthanides and Actinides
500
What are the three types of metals on the table?
Alkali, Alkaline-Earth, and Transition Metals
500
What is the only non-metal to be classified as a liquid?
Bromine
500
How many metalloids are there?
6
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