Chapter 6.1 Organizing the Elements

How did Dmitri Mendeleev organize his periodic table of elements?

• By increasing atomic number

• By increasing atomic radius

• By increasing atomic mass

• By increasing number of neutrons

A vertical group of elements in the periodic table is called a?

• Period

• Row

• Zig-zag

• Group

an element that is shiny, ductile, malleable and that is a good conductor of heat and electricity is called a?

• Nonmetal

• Metal

• Metalloid

What word describes the ability of a metal to be hammered into a thin sheet?

• Ductile

• Conductor

• Metalloid

• Malleable

What word describes the ability of a metal to be pulled into wires?

• Ductile

• Conductor

• Metalloid

• Malleable

The Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of chemicals and predicted the discovery of several new elements was?

• Dmitri Mendeleev

• Alfred Wagner

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

Elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals are called?

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table are called?

• Columns

• Families

• Periods

• Rows

The law that states when elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number, there is a periodic repetition of their physical and chemical properties is?

• Periodic Table Law

• Mendeleev Law

• Einstein's Principal

• Periodic Law

Elements that are poor conductors of heat and electricity are

• Metals

• Nonmetals

• Metalloids