Famous Scientists
The scientist that discovered the Conservation of Matter.
Who is Lavoisier?
These elements have 1 valence electron and are the most reactive metals.
What is Family 1 or the Alkali Metals?
The measure of the force of attraction between an atom and a shared pair of electrons.
What is electronegativity?
All elements to the left of the stairstep on the Periodic Table.
What are metals?
The electrons in the outermost shell.
What are valence electrons?
Experiment that showed us Ag+1 reacts more with Family 17 than does Ca+2.
What is the Halogen Lab?
First to classify elements in a list.
Who is Newlands?
These elements have 8 valence electrons and will not react with other elements.
What is Family 18 or the Noble Gases?
The distance from the nucleus of the io to its outer shell of electrons.
What is the ionic radius?
All these elements can create positive and negative ions.
What are non-metals?
Term describing all the elements in families 1, 2, and 13-18.
What are representative elements?
The year Christmas became a U.S. federal holiday.
What is 1870?
First to publish the Periodic Table.
Who is Mendeleev?
These elements are found in the Earth's crust and have 2 valence electrons.
What are Family 2 or the Alkaline Earth Metals?
The energy required to remove an electron from an atom.
To pull metals into wires.
What is ductile?
Term that names the row in a Periodic Table.
What is the period?
What is Burch?
First to publish the Periodic Table by atomic number.
Who is Moseley?
These elements have 5 valence electrons and are relatively inactive.
What are Family 15 or the Nitrogen Family?
One-half the distance between an adjacent nuclei in a crystal element.
What is the atomic radius in metals?
Pound metals into sheets.
What is malleable?
Rule that states that every atom wants eight valence electrons.
What is the Octet Rule?
The sport Mrs. Burgess' son plays at college.
What is Boise State women's basketball practice player?
The scientist that derived the equation e=mc^2
Who is Einstein?
These elements have 2 valence electrons, but are highly reactive do to the "sea of electrons" that surround them.
What are Families 3-12 or the Transition Metals.
The repulsion of electrons due to negative charge.
What is the shielding effect?
These are the elements that are on both sides of the stairstep in the Periodic Table and have properties of both metals and nonmetals.
What are metalloids or semi-metals?
The two elements that defy the Octet Rule.
What are hydrogen and helium?
The age of Mrs. Burgess' oldest daughter.
What is 27?