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History of Periodic Table
Families
Periodic Table Layout
Vocabulary
Take a Chance
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1st chemist to arrange newly found elements into a table form/usable manner?
Dmitri Mendeleev
100
Calcium is a member of this family.
Alkaline Earth Metals
100
Metals are primarily found in this area of the periodic table?
the left side of stairstep
100
a vertical column in the periodic table of the elements
group
100
What element has 3 energy levels and 6 valence electrons?
Sulfur
200
In the modern Periodic Table, the elements are arranged according to
atomic number
200
This group has one valence electron.
Alkali metals
200
The Periodic Table divides elements into 3 categories: metals, non-metals, and
metalloids
200
capable of being drawn out into wire
ductile
200
All elements in column 16 of the periodic chart have how many electrons in the outer shell?
6
300
There are how many families on the periodic table
18
300
This group is the most stable / least reactive.
Noble Gas / Group 18 / 8A
300
The stair step line of the Periodic Table divides the metals from the ______________.
nonmetals
300
a horizontal row in the periodic table of the elements
period
300
Atoms want to have how many valence electrons in their outer shell?
8
400
Dmitri Mendeleev's first periodic table was not arranged by atomic number. How was it arranged?
by atomic mass
400
All groups want to be like this group and have 8 valence electrons.
Noble Gas / Group 18 / 8A
400
This is the category of elements with the fewest number of elements
metalloids
400
electrons in the outer shell of an atom
valence electrons
400
Which group of elements are the least reactive on the periodic table?
noble gases or Group 18 / 8A
500
Why did Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table have blank spaces in it?
He predicted more elements would be discovered.
500
This family like to bond with Group 1, the Alkali Metals (hint think about the valence electrons)
Halogens / Group 17 / 7A
500
Which element is a poor conductor of electricity? a. Iron b. Sodium c. Silver d. Sulfur
d. Sulfur
500
releases heat
exothermic
500
On the periodic table, which element might have the most similar properties to Lithium? a. Neon b. Sodium c. Gold d. Florine
Sodium