Periodic Table Review Flashcards

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1
Q

How many electrons can each shell have?

A

first shell - 2
second shell - 8
third shell - 8

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2
Q

Who founded the periodic table?

A

Dmitri Mendeleev

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3
Q

Fall to the left of the metalloid stairstep

A

Metals

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4
Q

Fall to the right of the metalloid stairstep

A

Nonmetals

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5
Q

Is Hydrogen a metal/nonmetal/ or metalloid?

A

Nonmetal

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6
Q

What elements are shiny/lustrous?

A

Metals

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7
Q

What elements are great conductors?

A

Metals

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8
Q

What elements are malleable?

A

Metals

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9
Q

What elements are ductile?

A

Metals

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10
Q

What do metals form? (think about electrons)

A

Cations

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11
Q

Which metal is not solid at room temperature?

A

Mercury

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12
Q

At room temperature most nonmetals are ___________ .

A

gases/liquids

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13
Q

What elements are dull?

A

Nonmetals

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14
Q

What elements have characteristics of metals and nonmetals?

A

Metalloids

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15
Q

What elements are poor conducters?

A

Nonmetals

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16
Q

What elements have solids that are brittle?

A

Nonmetals

17
Q

What do nonmetals form? (think about electrons)

A

Anions

18
Q

Groups are also known as _______.

A

families/columns

19
Q

Periods are also known as _______.

A

Rows

20
Q

What do groups tell you about the element?

A

Number of valence electrons/reactivity

21
Q

What do periods tell you about the element?

A

Number of electron shells/energy levels in an element.

22
Q

Group 1 is ________.

A

Reactive Alkali Metals

23
Q

What element is not a Alkali Metal that is in group 1?

A

Hydrogen

24
Q

Group 2 is _______.

A

Alkaline Earth Metals

25
Q

What is less reactive than Alkali Metals?

A

Alkaline Earth Metals

26
Q

1st row of inner transition metals are called ________.

A

Lanthanide Series

27
Q

2st row of inner transition metals are called ________.

A

Actinide Series

28
Q

What groups have valence electrons that vary?

A

Transition Metals

29
Q

Group 7 is also known as __________.

A

Halogens

30
Q

What group has the most reactive nonmetals?

A

Halogens

31
Q

Which group has a full valence shell?

A

Noble Gases

32
Q

Which group is least reactive?

A

Noble Gases