Chapter 5 Vocab Flashcards
an arrangement of elements in colums, based on a set properties hat repeat from row to row
Periodic Table
A row in a periodic table of elements
Period
A column of elements in a periodic table
Group
The pattern of repeating properties displayed by elements in the periodic table
Periodic Law
one twelth the mass of a carbon-12 atom
Atomic Mass Unit (amu)
elements that are good conductors of heat and electric current
Metals
elements that form a bridge between elements on the left and right sides of the periodic table
Transition Metals
elements that are poor conductors of heat and electric current
Nonmetals
elements with properties that fall betweem those of metals and nonmetals
Metalloids
an electron that is in the highest occupied energy level of an atom
Valence Electron
Most Reactive Metals on the Periodic Table. They have a
+1 Oxidation Level
Alkali Metals
Reacts with water, They have a +2 Oxidation Level
Alkaline Earth Metals
Most Reactive Nonmetals, (-1 Oxidation Level)
Halogens
Stable, outer level satisfied, non-reactive (0 oxidation level) Color-less odor
Noble Gases