Elemental Groups
This element should have a group all to itself!
What is hydrogen?
What increases consistently as we go down the periodic table?
What is atomic radius?
By passing electricity through this gas, it glows and is thus very useful for illuminated signs!
What is neon?
Titanium, gold, silver, tungsten, and technetium are all ____________ metals.
What is the d-block / what are transition metals?
Without this element, we wouldn't be able to breathe!
What is oxygen?
This group contains an element found in our bones!
What are the alkaline earth metals / Group 2?
________ tends to increase across a period.
What is effective nuclear charge?
Metals have the property of ___________, which makes them ideal for wires.
What is conductivity?
These metals have the lowest ionization energy.
What are the alkali metals?
This element makes up most of our atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This nonmetal group is considered to be the most reactive, overall.
What are the halogens?
This trend is used to determine how easily electrons can be stripped from an atom.
What is ionization energy?
This element is an important nutrient for our diets, and is radioactive!
What is potassium?
This is the lightest metal!
What is lithium?
This element is malodorous; it smells bad.
What is sulfur OR what is bromine?
This group contains two important semiconductors.
What is group 14?
This property refers to how strongly an atom pulls on electrons from other atoms.
What is electronegativity?
This element was used in thermometers for many decades, but no more! It has since been replaced by alcohol with red dye.
What is mercury?
This group contains not one, but TWO precious metals.
What is group 11?
This element was (and sometimes still is!) used to clean and disinfect wounds. (Hint: it has the side effect of staining skin a little bit)
What is iodine?
The only group with a uniform electronegativity of 0.
What are the noble gases?
The attraction between the nucleus and valence electrons.
What is effective nuclear charge?
This set of elements are used for nuclear energy and weapons.
What are the actinides?
This metal is the end-of-the-line for the decay of Uranium-238.
What is lead-206?
Silicon was hypothesized to replace this element as a potential building block of alien life.
What is carbon?