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Group 2 on the periodic table.
What are Alkaline Earth Metals?
The rows on the periodic table are called this.
What are periods?
Hydrogen has this many valence electrons.
What is 1?
This law states that when atoms are arranged in order of increasing atomic number, there is a periodic repetition of chemical and physical properties.
What is the periodic law?
An atom's tendency to attract electrons towards itself is called _______.
Group 17 (7A) on the periodic table.
What are halogens?
The columns on the periodic table are called this.
What are groups?
Barium has this many valence electrons.
What is 2?
Mendeleev first organized his periodic table using this property.
State the element that is more electronegative: fluorine or sulfur.
What is fluorine?
Group 1 on the periodic table.
What are alkali metals?
What is boron?
Aluminum has this many valence electrons.
What is 3?
Elements were originally organized into triads by their similar ____________.
True or false: Iodine is more electronegative than potassium.
What is true?
Groups 3-12 (B groups) on the periodic table.
What are transition metals?
This element is found in period 4, group 9 (VIIIB)
What is cobalt?
Sulfur has this many valence electrons.
What is 6?
The modern periodic table is organized in order of increasing atomic __________.
What is number?
State the element that is least electronegative: magnesium or tin.
This family holds the lanthanides and actinides.
What are inner transition metals?
This element is found in period 6, group 18 (8A)
What is radon?
Helium has this many valence electrons.
What is 2?
This family is sometimes referred to as "salt formers".
What are halogens?
State the element that is more electronegative: copper or iron.
What is copper?