Periodic Table Trends
What type of elements are the diatomic elements?
Non-metals
Name an element that is a transition metal.
Anything in the yellow section of the periodic table.
What is a cation?
A positively charged ion
Here is an electron configuration: 1s22s2. If electrons were removed, where would the electrons be taken from?
2s
Brittle is not a characteristic of what type of element?
Metal
Which group is described here: soft, silvery, reactive metals, all of each have one electron in the s orbital.
Alkali metals
What is the name of Group 2?
Alkaline Earth Metals
What type of ion is O-2?
An anion
What element has this configuration?
[Ne] 3s23p64s23d8
Nickel
What shape is the s orbital?
Sphere
Name an element in the Halogens family?
Anything in group 17
Name an element in the p-block.
Anything from Boron to At
How many valence electrons does Nitrogen have? What ion would it make?
N - 3
N-3
If Sodium were to become an ion, what would be the sodium's ion electron configuration?
1s22s22p6
What is the shape of a p orbital?
Dumbell shaped
What is the trend for the atomic radius?
List two properties of metalloids.
They are semiconductors, and are shiny/dull, can be malleable or ductile.
How do you create an ion?
An atom gains electrons to become an anion, or loses electrons to become a cation
What element has this configuration?
[Ne] 3s23p64s23d104p4
Selenium
What is the lewis dot structure for Aluminum?
Al - 3 dots
If you have a large atomic radius, what kind of ionization energy will you have?
Low ionization energy
What does electronegativity mean?
The ability of an atom to attract electrons when the atom is in a compound.
How to do you easily figure out how many valence electrons an element has?
The second number on the group number.
What makes Chlorine so reactive?
Gain one electron to have a noble gas configuration.
List all the diatomic elements.
N2, H2, F2, O2, I2, Cl2, Br2