Element Basics
The Table
Metals
Non-Metals
Metalloids
100
The largest category (metals, non-metals, and metalloids) has the most elements?
Metals
100
What are the horizontal rows in the periodic table called?
Periods
100
Metals make up the majority of the periodic table. (True/False)
True
100
Are non-metals to the left or right 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 symbol for Iron is?
Fe
200
As the table progresses from left to right the elements become _________ metallic. (more or less)
Less reactive
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 nonmetal 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
What is the symbol Cu?
copper
300
The zigzag line on the table divides what?
The metals and non-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, or gas)
Gasses
300
Which one is a metalloid? A) Boron B) Neon C) Silicon D) Both A and C
Both A and C
400
What is the atomic mass?
The sum of the protons and neutrons in the element's atoms.
400
Group 2 contains what metals?
Alkaline-Earth Metals
400
What is the most reactive type of metals?
Alkali Metals
400
What is the only non-metal to be classified as a liquid?
Bromine
400
Metalloids are classified as what? (solid, liquid, gas)
Solids
500
Hydrogen, Helium, Neon, and Oxygen are all?
Non-metals or gasses
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
Most non-metals are listed as what?
Gasses
500
What is a metalloid?
Metalloids are the elements found along the step like line between metals and nonmetals of the periodic table.
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