Periodic Table Patterns

Which category do MOST elements belong to?

• metal

• nonmetal

• metalloid

Which category do most elements along the zigzag line belong to?

• metal

• nonmetal

• metalloid

Which category do most elements on the right side of the Periodic Table belong to?

• metal

• nonmetal

• metalloid

What is the only nonmetal that is NOT on the right side of the Periodic Table?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Boron

• Francium

What state of matter are most metals?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

What state of matter are most nonmetals?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

One column (up and down) on the Periodic Table is called a

• group

• period

One row (left to right) on the Periodic Table is called a

• group

• period

The Period Number also tells you the _________ about an element on the Periodic Table?

• charge

• valence electrons

• number of electron shells

• metal, nonmetal, or metalloid

What is the Oxidation Number of Chlorine (Cl)?

• +1

• -1

• +3

• -2

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1