Atoms and The Periodic Table (Plus!) Vocabulary

Arrangement of elements showing the repeating patterns of their properties.

• Periodic Table

• Nucleus

• Chemical Symbol

• Group

Found in Group 1 and the most reactive elements in the Periodic Table

• Transition Metals

• Alkali Metals

• Noble Gases

• Halogens

Consist of elements in Groups 3 through 12

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Noble Gases

Describes a material that can be hammered into sheets

• Luster

• Malleable

• Ductile

• Corrosion

Another name for elements in Group 18 and are usually nonreactive

• Halogens

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Noble Gases

Term meaning shiny and reflective

• Luster

• Ductile

• Reactive

• Corrosive

Ease and speed with which elements combine, or react, with other substances.

• Reactivitiy

• Conductivity

• Corrosive

• Malleable

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Another term for rows on the periodic table.

• Atomic Number

• Atomic Mass

• Periods

• Groups

The average mass for all the isotopes of that element.

• Atomic Number

• Atomic Mass

• Electrons

• Protons

Group 17 nonmetals, also known as salt-forming.

• Halogens

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Noble Gases