Atoms and the Periodic Table

Electron Configurations

100

The electron configuration for this atom is: 1s²2s²2p⁶3s¹

Sodium (Na) 

200

The electron configuration for this atom is: [Ar] 4s²3d³

Vanadium (V)

300

The shorthand abbreviation for Chlorine (Cl)

[Ne]3s²3p⁵

400

The electron configuration for Silicon (Si) 

1s²2s²2p⁶3s²4p²

500

The electron configuration for Nickel (Ni) 

1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s²3d⁸

Metal, Nonmetal, Metalloid

100

Has luster, is malleable, and ductile. Loves to have a positive charge. Good conductors. 

Metals

200

Have characteristics of both metals and nonmetals. More brittle than metals, but less brittle than nonmetals. Some have metallic luster. 

Metalloid

300

Is Potassium (K) a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid? 

Metal

400

Is silicon (Si) a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid? 

Metalloid

500

Is Fluorine (F) a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid? 

Nonmetal

Transition, Inner Transition, Representative

100

Boron (B)

Representative

200

Cobalt (Co)

Transition Element

300

Sodium (Na)

Representative

400

Einsteinium (Eu)

Inner Transition Element

500

Neon (Ne)

Noble Gas

Trendy

100

This is the energy required to remove an electron from an atom. This decreases in groups. Increases in periods. 

Ionization Energy

200

The ability of an atom of an element to attract electrons when the atom is in a compound. Decreases in groups. Increases in periods. 

Electronegativity

300

The up and down columns on the periodic table

Groups

400

The side to side rows on the periodic table

Periods

500

How big an atom is. Increases in groups. Decreases in periods. 

Atomic Radius

Elements

100

The shorthand notation of Sulfur (S)

₁₆³²S

200

The shorthand notation of Selenium (Se)

⁷⁹₃₄Se

300

Amount of protons in Calcium (Ca)

20

400

Amount of neutrons in Copper

35

500

Shorthand notation of Iodine (I)

¹²⁷₅₃I