Periodic Table 101
Groups and Periods
Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
Element Families
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100
This number equals the number of protons in an element’s atom.
Atomic Number
100
Columns on the periodic table are called this.
What are groups?
100
About 80% of the elements fall into this category.
What are metals?
100
Alkali metals are located in group ...
What is Group 1?
100
This Russian scientist created the first widely accepted periodic table.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
200
This abbreviation comes from Latin and may not match the English name.
What is the Chemical Symbol?
200
What element is located in group 2 and period 3?
What is Magnesium?
200
The only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is Mercury?
200
Which type of family is very stable and nonreactive?
What are the noble gases?
200
What is the funny phrase and hand motion that you learned to remember our groups and ...?
PERIODDDD!
300
This number represents the weighted average of all isotopes of an element.
What is the average atomic mass?
300
In what group are the Noble Gases in?
What is 18?
300
Nonmetals are generally poor at conducting this.
What is Heat and Electricity?
300
Elements in this family are typically seen in pairs
What are the Halogens?
300
Which branch of science is the best science? ;)
CHEMISTRY!
400
Rows on the periodic table are called?
What are periods?
400
What group is the element Fluorine in?
What is Group 17?
400
What separates the metals and the nonmetals on the periodic table?
What are the metalloids?
400
Elements in this family are extremely radioactive and synthetically made in a lab
What are the actinides?
400
These two series are pulled out to keep the table compact.
What are the lanthanides and actinides?
500
About how many elements are on today’s periodic table?
What is 118?
500
Groups 3–12 are known as these metals.
What are transition metals?
500
Metals and nonmetals tend to have _______ properties
What is opposite?
500
Which type of family houses elements that are so similar to each other, they are difficult to separate from one another?
What are Lanthanides?
500
Mendeleev published his table in this year.
What is 1869?