Reading the Data in the Element Box Flashcards
The modern periodic table contains over… one for each element.
The modern periodic table contains over 100 squares, one for each element.
What is in each square?
The element’s atomic number, chemical symbol, name, and atomic mass.
The properties of an element can be predicted from its…
location in the periodic table.
Each horizontal of the table is called a…
period.
As you move across a period from left ro right, the properties of elements change in a…
predictable pattern.
How many periods of elements are there?
Seven.
The elements in a column are called a…
group, or family.
The groups are numbered from Group 1 on the left to Group 18 on the…
right.
The family name of a group is typically…
the name of the first element in the column.
Elements in each group have similar…
characteristics.
