Periodic Table Vocab

Found along the 'staircase'. Have properties of both metals and nonmetals

• **Element
• **metalloids
• lanthanides
• **Cation

elements on the right side of the periodic table, poor conductors, gain electrons when forming ions

• **periods
• **nonmetals
• actinides
• **Anion

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A chart of all chemical elements currently known, organized by their properties.

• **groups
• Periodic table
• synthetic elements
• **Moseley

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contain only one type of atom with the same number of protons

• **metal
• **Element
• **Mendeleev
• **transition metals

horizontal rows on the periodic table. Number equals the number of energy levels in the atom

• alkali metals
• **periods
• Noble gases
• **metalloids

vertical columns on the periodic table that have common properties. Tells the number of valence electrons

• alkaline earth metals
• **groups
• Halogen
• **nonmetals

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shiny, malleable, ductile and good conductors. On the left side of the periodic table

• lanthanides
• **metal
• **Valence electrons
• Periodic table

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very reactive, not found alone in nature, react violently with water. Group 1 elements

• actinides
• alkali metals
• **Cation
• **Element

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hard, grey-white, good conductors of electricity, calcium and magnesium are examples. Group 2 elements

• synthetic elements
• alkaline earth metals
• **Anion
• **periods

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the first period below the periodic table, they are mixed with more common metals to form alloys

• **Mendeleev
• lanthanides
• **Moseley
• **groups