The modern periodic table is organized according to this.
What is atomic number?
The most stable, non-reactive group of elements that have a full outer shell of electrons are known as these.
What are noble gases?
The horizontal rows of the periodic table are called this.
What are periods?
The vertical columns of the periodic table are called this.
What are groups?
Non-metals form this type of ion.
What are anions?
Mendeleev's periodic table was organized according to this.
What is atomic mass?
Metals form this type of ion.
What are cations?
This class of elements are brittle and poor conductors of heat and electricity.
What are non-metals?
The elements in the "d" block, (the "middle" of the periodic table) are known as this.
What are transition metals?
Silicon (Si), Boron (B), and Tellerium (Te) are examples of this class of elements.
What are metalloids?
This class of elements are good conductors of heat and electric current.
What are metals?
The size of an anion compared to its elemental counterpart.
What is bigger?
The reactive elements in group 2 are known as these.
What are alkaline earth metals?
Name which of the following elements are transition metals: Cu, Sr, Cd, Au, Al, Ge, Co.
What are: Cu, Cd, Au, and Co?
The elements in group 17 (or 7A) are known as these.
What are halogens?
The VERY reactive elements in group one are known as this.
What are alkali metals?
The trend for atomic radius going across a period (from left to right) and down groups.
What is decrease across a period, and increase down the groups?
The trend for ion size going across a period (from left to right) and down a group.
What is decrease across a period, and increase down a group?
The elements in the "f" block (at the bottom of the periodic table) are known as this.
What are inner transition metals?
The size of a cation compared to its elemental counterpart.
What is smaller?
The "s" and "p" blocks (Groups 1-2 & 13-17, or Groups 1A-7A) of the periodic table are referred to as this class of elements.
What are representative elements?
The trend for electronegativity going across a period (from left to right) and down a group.
What is increase across a period, and decrease down a group?
The trend for ionization energy going across a period (from left to right) and down a group.
What is increase across a period, and decrease down a group?
The energy required to remove an electron is known as this.
What is ionization energy?
The number of electrons that occupy the highest energy level of an element is the same as _______.
What is its group number?