Metals, Non-Metals, and Metalloids
The Four Trends
Ions
Misc
100

What side are metals located on? 

left

100

This trend means that elements behave more like metals. 

Metallic Properties 

100

Alkali Metals form this ion

+1

100

What is the name of the metal group that is located in group 2?

Alkaline Earth Metals 

200

What side are non-metals located on?

right

200

These two trends point towards Fluorine (bottom to top and left to right)

Electronegativity and Ionization Energy

200

This is the charge of cations 

Positive

200

Metallic properties and atomic radius point in this direction? 

top to bottom, right to left 

300

Where are the metalloids? 

Along the Staircase

300

This element has the largest atomic radius

Francium

300

True or False: Carbon can form two different ions

True (+4 and -4) 

300

What is the name of the block of metals in the middle of periodic table? 

Transition Metals 

400

Gallium is an example of a __________. 

Metalloid

400

Atoms with a high ionization energy want to hold onto this subatomic particle

Electrons 

400

Name 2 anions 

Cl-, F-, I-, O2-, P3-...

400

What is the charge of a Nitrogen atom with an additional 3 electrons? 

N3-

500

I am brittle, not a good conductor, soft, and do not easily pull into wires. Am I a metal, non-metal, or metalloid? 

Non-metal

500

What element am I? 

Larger radius than Magnesium (Mg), More Electronegative than Rubidium (Rb), More Metallic Properties than Sodium (Na), Has 1 Valence Electron

Potassium 

500

Name 3 ions that the body needs for your health and wellbeing 

Na+, K+, Cl-, Ca2+, Mg2+, Zn, Cu, Se...

500

What column on the periodic table to Halogens bind with to form salts? 

Alkali Metals (Group 1/1A)