Breaking Tables
Patterns
Off/On Electron
Across and Down
This or That
100
An element that is a good conductor of electricity and heat.
What is a metal?
100
The property Mendeleev used to organize his periodic table.
What is atomic mass?
100
A charged atom.
What is an ion?
100
A horizontal row on the periodic table.
What is a period?
100
Which has a higher electronegativity: Se or Si?
Se
200
An element that is not a good conductor of electricity and heat.
What is a non-metal?
200
The property Mosely used to organize the periodic table.
What is atomic number?
200
The process where an atom may gain or lose valence electrons so that its outermost energy level is full.
What is ionization?
200
A vertical column on the periodic table.
What is a group?
200
Which has a higher electronegativity: Te or C?
C
300
An element that can conduct electricity only under certain conditions.
What is a semiconductor?
300
The repeating patterns of chemical properties shown in the periodic table.
What are periodic trends?
300
These determine many of the chemical properties of an element.
What are valence electrons?
300
How does the number of valence electrons change as you move to the right across the periodic table?
Increase
300
Which has a bigger size: Mg or Ba?
Ba
400
Another word for semiconductor.
What is a metalloid?
400
The law that states the properties of the elements on the periodic table repeat at regular intervals.
What is the periodic law?
400
A negative ion.
What is an anion?
400
How does electronegativity change as you go down a group?
Decrease
400
Which has a bigger size: Po or Bi?
Bi
500
A measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons.
What is electronegativity?
500
The arrangement of electrons in energy levels around an atomic nucleus.
What is electronic configuration?
500
A positive ion.
What is a cation?
500
How does electronegativity change as you go across the periodic table?
Increase.
500
How does electronegativity relate to the size of an atom?
Higher electronegativity = smaller size