Periodic Table - - TEST 2 Flashcards
What is the term for the place where all known elements are located?
Periodic Table
What is the term for atoms of the same element but with different numbers of neutrons?
Isotope
What is the term for an element found in one of the B groups (middle) in the periodic table?
Transition Metal
What is the term for the part of an atom that has no charge (neutral and are located in the nucleus?
Neutron
What is the term for the elements that are very reactive - occur in nature as compounds and are found in Group 1A?
Alkali Metals
What is the term for the vertical columns of the table?
Group
What is the term for the clouds that hold the electrons?
Electron shell
What is the term for the horizontal rows of the periodic table?
Period
What is the term for the elements with a full valance shells, do not react with any other atom and are in Group 8A?
Nobel Gases
What is the term for the elements on the far right side of the periodic table and are non lustrous, insulators and brittle?
Nonmetals
What is the term for the elements found on the left side of the table, are conductive of electricity and heat, are lustrous, ductile and malleable?
Metals
What is the term for the sum of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of the atom?
Atomic Mass
What is the term for an atom that has gained one or more electrons and has become negative?
Anion
What is the term for the elements that have both metal and nonmetal properties?
Metalloids
What is the term for an atom that has lost one or more electron and has become positive ?
Cation