Periodic Table Vocabulary

A table that shows the elements, their atomic number, symbol, and average atomic mass; elements with similar chemical properties are grouped together.

• Group

• Family

• Period

• Periodic Table

Vertical column in the periodic table (not family).

• Group

• Family

• Period

• Periodic Table

Another name for a group on the periodic table (usually when referring to groups 13-16)

• group

• family

• period

• periodic table

A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table

• Group

• Family

• Period

• Periodic Table

Capable of being pressed into sheets or using force to change their shape.

• Sheeting

• Stretching

• Maleable

• Ductile

A term used to describe a material that can be pulled out into a long wire.

• Wiring

• Stretchy

• Ductile

• Malleable

Positively charged metallic ions are surrounded by a cloud of electrons

• Covalent Bonding

• Metallic Bonding

• Hydrogen Bonding

• Metallic Cloud Ion Soup

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Group 1, 1 electron in outer level, very reactive, soft, silver, shiny, low density

• Alkali Earth Metals

• Alkali Metals

• Transition Metals

• Metalloids

an element in group 2, harder, higher melting point, and denser than alkali metals. Reactive, but less than corresponding alkali metal

• Alkali Earth Metals

• Alkali Metals

• Transition Metals

• Metalloids

Groups 3-12, 1-2 electrons in the outer energy level, less reactive than alkali-earth metals, shiny, good conductor of thermal energy and electrical current, high density

• Alkali Earth Metals

• Alkali Metals

• Transition Metals

• Metalloids

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3