Being shiny, malleable, and conductors are properties of this class of elements.
What are metals?
The periodic table is broken up into 3 major types of elements
metal, metalloids, non-metals
Which group has full electron outer shells?
The noble gases
All elements are classified into what three groups?
metals, nonmetals and metalloids
What group forms 2+ ions?
earth metals
What class of elements are good conductors of heat and electric current.
metals
What charge do cations have?
positive
How many protons does Carbon have?
6
The vertical columns on the periodic table are called?
Groups
What groups form negatively charged atoms?
Nonmetals form this type of ion.
What does the atomic number tell us about an element.
How many protons and electrons an elements has
The horizontal rows on the periodic table are called
Periods
What group forms 1+ ions?
Group 1- alkali metals