This type of element is a good conductor of heat and electric current.
What is a metal?
The atomic radius does this in size when it gains an electron.
What is gets larger?
These elements are normally dull, brittle and poor conductors of heat and electricity.
What are nonmetals?
This group of elements form salts and are located in group 17.
What is the halogens?
This is one-half the distance between two adjacent or bonded atoms of that element.
What is the radius of an atom?
Atoms that gain electrons become _____________ charged, whereas, electrons that lose electrons become ______________ charged.
What is negative, positive?
The alkali metals make up this level of electron configuration. (Be specific. Include letter AND number!)
What is s1?
This scientist showed a pattern of repetition.
Who is Newland?
The reason why elements in the same group (family) are alike.
What is they have the same number of valence electrons?
These elements are located along the stairstep.
What are metalloids?
He arranged the periodic table in order of increasing atomic number.
Who is Moseley?
The d-block consists of elements in groups 3-12, also known as these elements.
What are the transition elements?
This is the reason element in the same period are alike.
What is they have the same energy level?
He named and described the 'law of octaves'.
Who is Newland?
This is the energy required to remove an electron from a gaseous atom.
What is ionization energy?
The f-block consists of these two series of elements.
What are the actinide and lanthanide series?
The maximum number of electrons located in each of the 4 orbitals.
What is s=2, p=6, d=10 and f=14?
Name 2 characteristics that determine an element's chemical property.
What is the number of valence electrons and how tightly electrons are held to the nucleus?