AP Biology Study Guide Chemical Bonds

In the Periodic Table, there are only two elements colored in blue that are liquids at room temperature. They include Mercury and _____.

• Iodine

• Astatine

• Fluorine

• Bromine

True or False - Elements can be classified into noble gases, representative elements, transition metals,

or inner transition metals based on their mass number.

• True
• False

Elements in Groups 1A through 7A are referred to as __________ because

the6 display a wide range of physical and chemical properties.

• Lanthanides

• Actinides

• Representative Elements

• Inner Transition Metals

The ________, also referred to as rare earth metals, are the elements that

appear below the main body of the periodic table. These metals are characterized by the

presence of electrons in f orbitals.

• Representative Elements

• Noble Gases

• Halogens

• Inner Transition Metals

The elements in Group 8A of the periodic table are called ____________. Examples

include Helium, neon, krypton, and argon. These nonmetals are also called inert base

because they rarely take part in a reaction.

The nonmetals of group 7A are called _________. Examples include Chlorine, Bromine,

and Iodine.

Representative Elements include elements that may be either metals, nonmetals, or

_____________.

• Actinides

• Lanthinides

• transition metals

• Metalloids

The elements in Group 2A are called ________Earth Metals.

• Noble
• Lanthanide
• Alkali

• Alkaline

The elements in Group 1A with one valence electron are called ________Metals.

When ionic compounds form, electrons tend to be _________ so that each ion acquires

a noble gas configuration.