1. The periodic table

Question 1

What are the electrical characteristics of metals?

Answer 1

Good conductors as solids and liquids

Question 2

What type of compounds do metal oxides form?

Answer 2

Bases

Question 3

What type of compounds do non-metal oxides form?

Answer 3

Acids

Question 4

What are the electrical characteristics of non-metals?

Answer 4

Poor conductors (insulators) as solids and liquids

Question 5

How is the number of outer shell electrons linked to periodic table?

Answer 5

The number of outer shell electrons is the same as the (1-8/0) group numbers.

Question 6

Why do elements in the same group have similar chemical properties?

Answer 6

They have the same number of electrons in their outer shells.

Question 7

Why do noble gases not readily react?

Answer 7

They have full outer shells.

Question 8

Why do elements in groups 1-7 (1-17) react chemically?

Answer 8

So that they can gain or lose electrons to achieve a full outer shell and have a noble gas electron configuration.