Development of Periodic Table
Representative Elements
Transition Elements
Periodic Table Layout
Elements
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The man who published the first periodic table of elements.

Dmitri Mendeleev

1

Groups 1,2, and 13-18 are part of this classification.

representative elements

1

all the elements in group 3-12 are known as this.

transition elements

1

The rows of the periodic table are called this

periods

1

This element if found in table salt and is part of the alkali family

sodium

2

Mendeleev used this to organize his periodic table.

atomic mass

2

Another name for Group 1 which are silvery solids that are very reactive in water.

Alkali Metals

2

these elements belong in the Iron Triad

iron, cobalt, and nickel

2

The columns of the periodic table are called this

groups or families

2

This element seems out of place on the periodic table and means "water former"

hydrogen

3

This physicist improved on Mendeleev's periodic table.

 Henry Moseley

3

Another name for Group 2 elements that are more dense than Group 1 and less reactive.

Alkaline Earth Metals

3

The lanthanides and actinides are part of this group

inner transition elements

3

The left side of the periodic table are all of this.

metals

3

This element is known as "liquid silver"

mercury

4

Moseley organized his periodic table using this.

atomic number

4

This family or group reacts readily with group 1 alkali metals to form salts.

halogens or group 17

4

These elements are soft metals that can be cut with a knife.

the lanthanides

4

The right side of the periodic table are all of this

nonmetals

4

This element is the building block of all living things

carbon

5

The modern periodic table is organized into these two items.

periods and groups

5

this group or family is very stable because of their outer electron configuration

noble gases or group 18

5

Many of these elements are synthetic and all of them are radioactive.

actinides

5

These fall in between the metals and nonmetals

metalloids

5

This element is solid at room temperature but turns to liquid at 85 degrees F.

Gallium

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