Basic Periodic table facts
Properties of families
Elements
Families and periods
Random periodic table questions
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Who designed the current Periodic table of elements
Dimitri Mendeleev
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What are the properties of Transition metals?

Are very strong and usually stable, and have 1-2 valence electrons

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What is a element?
A element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down by any means (chemical or physical)
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How many element groups are there
There is 18 groups on the periodic table, they are vertical lines on the table
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This is Carbon's atomic number.

What is 12.011

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No two elements have the same _________________ number.
Atomic number
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True or False - Metals do not have luster.

False

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Every element has a _________________.
symbol
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What are periods on the periodic tables?
Periods are the horizontal lines of the periodic table.
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This is the the meaning of something that repeats in a certain pattern.

What is the meaning of periodic?

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The elements to the right of the zigzag are called ______________________.
non-metals
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Can solid nonmetals be easily broken?

Yes

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What are the vertical columns on the periodic table called?
groups.
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Elements are organized on the ________________ table.

periodic

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Everything is made of ___________________.

atoms

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How many elements are in the periodic table?
118 known elements are found on the current table
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Where are the metalloids located?

on the zigzag line

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What are the horizontal rows of the periodic table called?
periods
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What is the symbol for lead?

Pb

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What are the shortened name for elements called?

chemical symbols

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What are the the 3 groups elements are divided into?

Metals, metalloids and non-metals

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What are the differences between non-metals, metalloids and metals?

non-metals are usually gases and are not good conductors, metals are malleable and good conductors and metalloids an have properties of both and are semi-conductors

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What is the simplest form of matter called?
element
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Helium, Neon, Argon and Xenon are examples of __________________.

non-metals

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What is the chemical symbol for aluminum?

Al

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