Periodic Table Organization

Periodic Table Organization

• The electrons in the outermost shell of an atom's electron cloud
  

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Valence Electrons

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What are the electrons in the outermost shell called?

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Valence electrons are: 

• Electrons farthest away from the nucleus
• Electrons closest to the nucleus
• Electrons that just come and go - they don't stay with the atom
• Electrons in the second shell

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What are valence electrons?

• The total number of electrons in an atom

• The number of electrons in the outermost shell

• The number of electrons in the second shell

• The number of protons in the outermost shell

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• 2
• 8
• 3
• 13

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• 2
• 3
• 5

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How many valence electrons does carbon have?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

• Tells you the number of electron shells an element has

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Period Number

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How many shells does an atom of Carbon have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 0

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Therefore, what Period must Carbon be in on the Periodic Table?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which element is in Period 3, Group 15

• 2 He

• 7 N

• 15 P

• 35 Br

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What are the horizontal rows on the periodic table called?

• periods

• groups

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

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What do the horizontal rows on the periodic table tell us?

• The number of orbitals

• The number of valence electrons (the electrons on the outer most shell)

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What group and period does this element belong in? *

• period 1 and group 3

• period 3 and group 1

• period 2 and group 3

• period 3 and group 2

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The amount of Protons and Neutrons together meets the criteria of the...

• Atomic Number

• Electrons

• Nuclei

• Mass Number

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Who originally organized the periodic Table ?

• Albert Einstein

• Nelson Mandela

• Dmitri Mendeléyev

• Jhon Dalton

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There are 7 horizontal rows that are called

• Periods

• Groups

• Lanthanides

• Actinides

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There are 18 ---------- , They have similar properties

• Groups

• Elements

• Lanthanides

• Non metals

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Substance made of only 1 sort of atom.

There are about 118 in the periodic table

• Non Metal

• Element

• Atom

• Metal