Families/Coloums/Groups Flashcards
1
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Describe Alkali Metals
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- Column 1A
- have 1 valence electrons
- soft and silvery Metals
- very reactive (especially with water)
2
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Describe Alkaline Earth Metals
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- column 2A
- have 2 valence electrons
- White and malleable Metals
- reactive, but less so
3
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Groups in the middle
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Transition Metals
4
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Describe Boron Family
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- Column 3A
- have 3 valence electrons
- most are Metals but Boron is a Metalloid
5
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Describe Carbon Family
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- column 4A
- have 4 valence electrons
- Contains Metals and Metallica, and non-metal: Carbon
6
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Describe Nitrogen family
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- column 5A
- have 5 valence electrons
- Contains Metals, metalloids, and non-metals
7
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Describe Oxygen Family
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- column 6A
- have 6 valence electrons
- Mostly non-Metals
- reactive
8
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Describe Halogens
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- column 7A
- have 7 valence electrons
- very reactive
9
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Describe Noble Gases
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- column 8A
- Have a full outer shell (8 valence electrons)
- Exist as Gases
- not reactive with other elements
- do NOT form ions