Periodic Table

Question 1

What are the vertical columns called in the periodic table?

Answer 1

Groups

Question 2

What are the horizontal rows called?

Answer 2

Periods

Question 3

What are the different groups in the periodic table?

Answer 3

Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals, metalloids, halogens, and noble gases

Question 4

What are the two series at the bottom of the periodic table called?

Answer 4

The Lanthanide Series and the Actinide Series

Question 5

What are the properties of metal?

Answer 5

They have tensile strength, they are malleable (they can be hammered or rolled into thin sheets), they are good conductors of heat and electricity, and they are ductile

Question 6

What are the properties of non-metals?

Answer 6

They are brittle, they are dull, and they are bad conductors of heat and electricity (non-metals are basically the opposite of metals)

Question 7

What are metalloids?

Answer 7

Metalloids are elements that fall in both metal and non-metal properties (physical and chemical)

Question 8

What are the metalloids on the periodic table?

Answer 8

B (Boron), Si (Silicon), Ge (Germanium), As (Arsenic), Sb (Antimony), and Te (Tellurium)

Question 9

What is the element that is sometimes considered a metalloid?

Answer 9

At (Astatine)

Question 10

What does it mean if elements are color codded red on the periodic table?

Answer 10

They are a gas at room temperature

Question 11

What does it mean if elements are color codded blue on the periodic table?

Answer 11

They are a liquid at room temperature

Question 12

What does it mean if elements are color codded black on the periodic table?

Answer 12

They are a solid at room temperature

Question 13

What is the significance of vertical columns and the horizontal rows?

Answer 13

Vertical columns: similar chemical properties/and reactivities
Horizontal rows: same physical properties