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Blocks on the Periodic Table
Groups on the Periodic Table
Trends
100

Classified some elements into groups of three

Who is Johann Dobereiner?

100

When elements are arranged by increasing atomic number, there is a periodic repetition of their properties  

What is periodic law?

100

Groups 1, 2 and He

What are s-block elements?

100

Alkali metals 

What is group 1A?

100

Decreases left to right 

What is atomic size period trend?

200

Published a table of elements organized by increasing atomic mass in 1869

Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?

200

Number of protons and neutrons 

What is atomic mass?

200

Groups 13-18

What are p-block elements?

200

Alkaline earth metals 

What is group 2A?

200

Increases down

What is atomic size group trend?

300

"father of the modern periodic table"

Who is Mendeleev?

300

Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom

What is atomic number?

300

Groups 3-12

What are d-block elements?

300

Transition metals 

What is group B?

300

Generally increases up and to the right 

What is electronegativity trend? 

400

Suggested the elements be arranged in "octaves"

Who is John Newlands?

400

Horizontal rows on the periodic table

What is a period?

400

Inner transition metals 

What are f-block elements?

400

Haloegns 

What is group 7A?

400

Increases down and to the left

What is atomic size and ionic size?

500

Arranged elements by increasing atomic number 

Who is Henry Moseley?

500

Three classes of elements 

What is metals, nonmetals, and metalloids?

500

The energy sub-level being filled 

What determines the blocks?

500
Noble gases

What is group 8A?

500

Energy level, charge on nucleus, and shielding effect 

What three factors influence periodic table trends?

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