Periodic Table Basics

What are the horizontal rows on the Periodic Table?

• Group

• Period

• Family

All Elements in a Period have the same number of Atomic Orbitals

• True

• False

There are 11 Periods in the Periodic Table

• True

• False

What are the Vertical Columns in the Periodic Table?

• Period

• Group

• Family

To get into a group you have to have the same number of electrons in the outer orbital

• True

• False

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There are 18 total groups in the Periodic Table

• Yes

• No

How are families formed in the periodic table?

• Elements are grouped together based on chemical properties

• Elements have the same number of electrons

• Elements have the same number of protons

• Two parent elements combine to create baby elements, and they adopt others into their family.

Which 2 are examples of Families?

• Alkali Metals

• Halogen Gasses

• Helium

• Lovely Elements

75% of all the elements are metals

• True

• False

How do scientists identify metals?

• Conduction

• Reactivity

• Chemical

• Alloy

• These are all ways to identify metals