Elemental Groups
This group of elements includes lithium, sodium, and potassium.
What are alkali metals?
The symbol for oxygen.
What is O?
The element helium is named after this celestial body.
What is the Sun?
As you move left to right across a period, atomic size does this.
What is decrease?
This element gives blood its red color.
What is iron?
These gases are colorless, odorless, and unreactive.
What are noble gases?
The symbol Fe stands for this element.
What is iron?
The name sodium comes from the Latin word soda, but its symbol Na comes from this Latin word.
What is natrium?
As you go down a group, elements become more of this in size.
What is larger?
This element is used in lightbulbs and neon signs.
What is neon?
Elements in Group 17 are called this.
What are halogens?
This element’s symbol is K, but its name doesn’t start with a K.
What is potassium?
Einsteinium was named in honor of this famous scientist.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Metals tend to do this with their electrons when forming bonds.
What is lose electrons?
This element is used to fill balloons because it’s lighter than air.
What is helium?
Iron, cobalt, and nickel are part of this section of the table.
What are transition metals?
Ag is the symbol for this precious metal.
What is silver?
Americium was named after this place.
What is America?
Nonmetals tend to do this with their electrons.
What is gain electrons?
This radioactive element was used by Marie Curie in her research.
What is radium?
Elements like boron and silicon that have properties of metals and nonmetals are called this.
What are metalloids?
The symbol W stands for this element, once called wolfram.
What is tungsten?
Mercury takes its name from a Roman god known for speed, but its symbol Hg comes from this Greek word.
What is hydrargyrum (meaning “liquid silver”)?
The most reactive group of nonmetals.
What are the halogens?
This element is used in batteries and is known for its explosive reactivity with water.
What is lithium?