Vocabulary
Another name for Group 2 elements.
What are Alkaline Earth metals?
A gas at room temperature.
What is a nonmetal?
What is an element used in batteries?
What is cadmium?
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What is nickel?
Which group rarely combines with others?
What are noble gases?
What are the two names for columns on the periodic table?
What are groups or families?
A row of elements in the periodic table whose properties change gradually and predictably.
What is a period?
A transition element.
What is a metal?
Which element is used in lightbulbs as the material for the filament?
What is tungsten?
Which group means "salt former?"
What are halogens?
Which series of elements are radioactive?
What are actinides?
Basis for arranging elements in the modern periodic table.
What is atomic number?
(Number of protons)
A poor conductor of electricity.
What is a nonmetal?
Which element is used as an alloy for wire in braces?
What is titanium?
Which group has silvery solids with low densities and melting points?
What are alkali metals?
What is gradually and predictably?
Series of radioactive elements.
What are actinides?
Can be used as a semiconductor.
What is a metalloid?
Which element is combined with oxygen and hydrogen to make fertilizers, paint, detergents, and rubber?
What is sulfur?
Which group has elements that are used to make a variety of products, including cookware?
What is the boron group?
Which type of element would work well as an insulator?
What are nonmetals?
Series of elements that are sometimes called the rare earths.
What are lanthanides?
Most elements fall into this category.
What is a metal?
Which gas that contains nitrogen and hydrogen and is used as a cleaner and disinfectant when dissolved in water?
What are the two series of inner transition elements?
What are actinides and lanthanides?
This inner transition series occurs naturally in Earth's crust.
What are lanthanides?