Electron Configuration and The Periodic Table

Question 1

what do scientists divide the periodic table into?

Answer 1

into blocks

Question 2

what is each block named after?

give an example for the s block

Answer 2

named after the subshell containing the highest energy electron for the elements in that block

in the s block the highest energy election is found in the s subshell

Question 3

what do periods represent (going down)

Answer 3

represents the electron shells

Question 4

what does the first row on the d block represent

Answer 4

it represents the 3rd energy level