Periodic Table of Elements

What do columns have in common?

• no common ground

• similar physical and chemical properties

• same number of atomic number

• same number of neutrons

Choose the best answer....What are the characteristics of metals?

• good conductors of heat and electricity

• malleability

• good luster

• all of the above

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How is the periodic table of elements set up?

• Elements are placed according to various characteristics they have, creating patterns.

• Elements are placed in alphabetical order, creating a pattern.

• Elements are placed randomly in a table, to make even number of columns and rows.

• Elements are placed in the order that they were discovered in.

Define group

• horizontal rows on the periodic table. the gradual "eating away" of a material

• vertical columns on the periodic table that contain elements with similar properties.

• the ability of a metal to be hammered into shape or rolled into thin sheets.

• none of the above

Another name for a row is a _________________.

• group

• family

• column

• period

What are some properties of non-metals?

• good luster

• semi-conductors

• brittle

• good conductor of heat and electricty.

An element that is a semi-conductor, brittle, and shiny is most likely to be a ….

• Metal

• Metalloid

• Nonmetal

• none of the above

The majority of the periodic table of elements are composed of ________________.

• metals

• metalloids

• nonmetals

• none of the above

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Consider a pencil and a paper. What do these two objects always have in common?

• Both have the same mass number.

• Both are made of the same kind of atom.

• Both are made of atoms.

• Both are made of the same number of atoms.

Define group.

• the ability of a metal to be hammered into shape or rolled into thin sheets.

• vertical columns on the periodic table that contain elements with similar properties.

• horizontal rows on the periodic table. the gradual "eating away" of a material

• none of the above