The modern periodic table organizes elements according to this.
What is increasing atomic number?
The two reasons for the "why" of periodic trends.
What are effective nuclear charge and electron shielding?
Metals form this type of ion.
What are cations?
The measure of how much an atom pulls electrons from other atoms in a bond.
What is electronegativity?
This element has the noble gas configuration: [Ne]2s1
What is Sodium?
The noble gases share this characteristic with regard to their atomic structure.
What are full orbitals?
Being shiny, malleable, and conductors are properties of this class of elements.
What are metals?
Elements in the same group share these characteristic
What are chemical and physical properties?
How easily an atom loses or gains electrons
What is reactivity?
Nonmetals form this type of ion.
What are anions?
The vertical columns on the periodic table are called this.
What are groups?
This trend decreases from left to right across a period and increases from top to bottom.
What is atomic radius?
The highest energy level (n) can be found by knowing this.
What is the period number?