All elements in this series are radioactive.
What is the actinide series?
The elements in this group will easily bond with an alkali metal to form a salt.
What are halogens?
All elements in group 18.
What are Noble gases?
These metals are made up of groups 3-12.
What are transitions metals?
They are also known as the "rare earths elements."
What is the lanthanide series?
All elements in this group have one valence electron.
What are alkali metals?
This element is in the 3rd period and group 13?
What is Aluminum?
This element is in the 5th period and group 11?
What is silver?
These are vertical columns on the periodic table. All elements have similar chemical and physical properties and they have the same number of valence electrons.
What are groups?
There are 18 of these on the periodic table.
What are groups?
There are 7 of these on the periodic table.
What are periods?
They are made up of groups 1-2 and 13-18.
What are representative elements?
All elements of this group have 2 valence electrons.
What are alkaline earth metals?
Boron, Silicon, Germanium, and Arsenic
What are examples of metalloids?
They do NOT naturally combine with other elements.
What are Noble Gases?
They are ductile, malleable, and lustrous.
What are metals?
The staircase in the periodic table.
Where are the metalloids?
Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, and Iron
What are examples of transition metals?
Flourine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, and Astatine
What are examples of halogens?
They have the properties of both metals and non-metals.
What are metalloids?
His name is Dmitrii Mendeleev.
Who created the periodic table?
They are horizontal rows. The atomic number increases as you move across the row.
What are periods?
They are made up the lanthanide and the actinide series.
What are inner transition metals?
The year of 1871.
When was the periodic table created?
They are poor conductors of heat and electricity. They are solid dull and brittle.
What are non-metals?