Chapter 5 Flashcards
What does the left side and the middle of the period table contain?
Metals
What are the lanthanide and actinide series’?
They are the two separate rows that make up the F block.
What charge do cations hold?
Positive
What are cations smaller than?
Smaller than their parent atom
What is electronegativity a measure of?
It is the measure of an atoms ability to attract and hold electrons in a molecule.
What is the difference between alkali and alkaline earth metals?
Alkaline earth have oxygen compounds
What is the D block group on the periodic table made up of?
Transition Metals
What is the basis of life?
Carbon Compounds
What is the most easily recognized nonmetal element?
Oxygen
What are metals called that combine with sulfur?
Sulfide
The modern periodic law states that:
The properties of elements vary with their atomic numbers in a periodic way.
The elements that were produced in man-made nuclear reactions were called:
Transuranium elements
Distance from the center of an atoms nucleus to its outermost electron is its:
Atomic radius
The minimum energy required to remove the first electron from its outermost shell to make it a cation is called its:
First ionization energy
What is the lightest element and the most abundant in the entire universe?
Hydrogen
