What is an isotope?
The number in the upper left hand corner of an element block.

What is the atomic number?
Hard, shiny, malleable and ductile, good conductors and usually have a high density and melting point.
What is a metal?
What is the positive ions?
Atoms gain or lose electron to form these
What is an ion?
The number located at the bottom of the element block

brittle, non-elastic, dull, poor conductors and usually have a low melting point.
What is a non-metal?
Cl- Na+ is written like this.
What is NaCl
I am the positively charges atoms
What is a cation?
Sometimes I am a single capital letter other times I am a capital letter and a lowercase letter
Shiny and have a 'metallic appearance' but are semi-conductors and brittle.
What is a Metalloid?
I go second in the formula.
What is the negative ion?
What are radioactive isotopes?
Located in the far right column this group of elements includes Radon (Rn)

The six commonly recognized elements of my type are:
Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic, Antimony and Tellurium.
What is a metalloid?
What is adding the subscripts to balance the charges?
Rounding the atomic mass of the element to the nearest whole number will determine this
I am the mass of the protons and neutrons in an atom.
What is the atomic mass?
I am mostly found on the right of the staircase except one of my members?
What are non-metals?
NaCl is called this (scientifically)
Sodium Chloride