What number tells you the number of protons?
Atomic Number
Rows in the periodic table are called?
What tells you the amount of protons, neutrons, and electrons?
Atomic Mass
What element has similar chemical properties to Barium?
Radium, strontium, calcium, magnesium, beryllium
Columns in the periodic table are known as what? What is another name for it?
Groups, family
What does the term 'valence electrons' mean? =
number of electrons on outermost shell
False
Valence Electrons show reactivity; if elements can __________ or _____________ an _________.
Gain, lose, electron
What are the properties of Metals?
Metals tend to be shiny, ductile, malleable and good conductors of thermal energy.
True or false: Group numbers tell me the amount of electron shells?
False
What is the only element found by itself on the periodic table without a group?
Hydrogen
What are properties of Non-metals
They are poor conductors of electricity and heat. Many are gases.
Who invented the periodic table and arranged it by atomic mass? Who rearranged the periodic table by atomic number?
Dimitri Mendeleev and Henry Mosely