Periodic Table
Another name for column 1 of the periodic table
What is alkali metals?
The name for the vertical columns on the periodic table
What are groups?
The element with the electron configuration 1s1
What is hydrogen?
The symbol for the element beryllium
What is Be?
This element has the atomic number 14
What is silicon?
Another name for column 2 on the periodic table
What are alkaline earth metals?
The name for the horizontal rows on the periodic table
What are periods?
The element with the electron configuration 1s22s22p2
What is carbon?
The element symbol for sodium
What is Na?
This element has the mass number 56
What is iron?
Another name for column 18 on the periodic table
What are noble gases?
Elements toward the left of the periodic table, and are more likely to loose electrons
What are metals?
The element with the electron configuration 1s22s22p6
What is neon?
The name of the element with the symbol K
What is potassium?
This element has 12 protons
What is magnesium?
Another name for column 17 on the periodic table
What are halogens?
Elements toward the right of the periodic table, they are poor conductors of electricity
What are nonmetals?
What type of ion is formed by a species with the following electron configuration? Xs2Xp1
What is a cation?
The symbol for the element cesium
What is Cs?
This element has 7 electrons
What is nitrogen?
Another name for columns 3 - 12 on the periodic table
What are transition metals?
The elements generally found on the "staircase" between the metals and nonmetals on the periodic table
What are metalloids?
What type of ion is formed by a species with the following electron configuration? Xs2Xp5
What is an anion?
The name of the element with the symbol I
What is iodine?
This element has 4 neutrons
What is lithium?