Characteristics
Elements
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Parts of the Table
Potpourri (Earth/Space and Life Science?
Final Jeopardy
100
Elements on the periodic table are arranged by atomic number, which is the number of these in the nucleus
What are Protons?
100
It's the second-most abundant element in the universe & it's also listed second on the periodic table
What is Helium?
100
Bromine & iodine are listed in this periodic table group & are often used in lamps or headlights
What are Halogens?
100
On the periodic table of elements, which ranks as a great scientific tool, horizontal rows are also called these
What are Periods?
100
Cell biology: The main function of these organelles is to produce energy in the form of ATP
What is Mitochondria?
200
Bohr was one of the first to see the importance of this, which gives an element's position in the periodic table
The Atomic Number?
200
I'd like to put out an APB on Pb, this most stylish element on the periodic table
What is Lead?
200
The coin called a "Zincoln" is 97.5% zinc & 2.5% this metal
What is Copper?
200
Making up group 18 on the periodic table, the 7 of these include neon & argon
What are Noble Gases?
200
These variations in the level of the oceans have the most variation at the new moon
What are Tides?
300
In the table setting seen below, 50 is the atomic number and 118.7 is this
What is Atomic Mass?
300
The first 3 halogen or "salt-forming" elements on the periodic table are fluorine, this, bromine
What is Chlorine?
300
This developer of the periodic table of elements had his beard trimmed annually & maybe for his visits with the czar
Who is Mendeleev?
300
Most of the elements on the periodic table are these, including the 6 alkali ones
What are metals?
300
During a total solar eclipse, you can glimpse this "colorful" layer of the Sun just above the photosphere
What is the Chromosphere?
300
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE: Of the 5 elements with 4-letter names, it's the only one that is not a solid at room temperature
What is Neon?
400
The radioactive element named for a planet and the Roman God for freshwaters and seas
What is Neptunian?
400
The flower seen below & a metalloid on the periodic table 
What is Geranium and Germanium?
400
The 15 metallic elements at the bottom of the periodic table are "L"abeled these
What are the Lanthanides?
400
On the periodic table, the bottom 2 rows are the lanthanides & this row below them
What are the Actinides?
400
DNA is composed of nucleotides, which contain 4 nitrogenous bases represented by these 4 letters
What are A, C, G, and T?
400
THE PERIODIC TABLE: Of the element symbols that don't match the element's English name, this element's symbol is alphabetically 1st
What is Silver?
500
The horizontal rows on the periodic table are periods; vertical columns of related elements are these
What are Groups or Families?
500
This element that burns with a suffocating odor is also known as brimstone
What is Sulfur?
500
Turkish ruins have revealed a "gate to hell" termed this, also the name of a periodic table element
What is Plutonium?
500
The zigzag line represents these type of elements which make good semiconductors.
What are metalloids?
500
When the sun & moon align, their gravitational forces work together to produce big springs tides at right angles; the forces partly cancel each other, producing these smaller amplitude tides
What are neap tides?
500
In devising the periodic table, Mendeleev laid out the elements in rows & columns to show the different relationships when read each way; he's said to have been inspired by a version of this card game
What is Solitaire?