Metals
Commonly used for electrical wiring and cookware this element also the material used for the Statue of Liberty.
What is copper?
This is the number of period on the PTE.
What is 7?
This is the most abundant metalloid.
What is silicon?
This group is a large chunk in the middle of the table comprised of materials that are mostly safe to handle like gold, silver, and nickel.
What are the transition metals?
This nonmetal is now used to fill large, floating vessels like the Goodyear blimp because it is light and nonreactive.
What is Helium?
This metal used to be used for coins such as dimes and quarters.
What is silver?
The period location can tell us the number of electron energy levels for an element. For example, Iodine has this many levels.
What is 5?
This is the most useful property of a metalloid.
What is the ability to conduct electricity?
This group is known as the "salt formers" and is the most reactive that is not part of the metals category.
What are halogens?
This nonmetal is a poisonous green gas when alone but when combined can season your food or clean your pool.
What is chlorine?
This metal is a very reactive alkali that stablizes when bonded with chlorine to make table salt.
What is sodium?
This group of elements resides below the table and are part of the 6th period.
What are the lanthanides?
A substance that can conduct an electric current under certain conditions.
What is a semiconductor?
This element is grouped with the alkali metals but is not a metal!
What is hydrogen?
This nonmetal is the basis for all life on Earth.
What is carbon?
This metal is found in food sources like bananas.
What is potassium?
All metalloids are this phase of matter at room temperature.
What is a solid?
This group is non reactive because the valence shell is complete.
What are the noble gases?
This is the most reactive naturally occuring metal but is so rare that we don't have much of a use for it.
What is francium?
This group is the most reactive group of metals on the PTE because each element has only one valence electron.
What are the alkali metals?