Chemistry The Periodic Table of Elements

Chemistry The Periodic Table of Elements

California Standards Atomic and Molecular Structure 1 The periodic table displays the elements in increasing atomic number and shows how periodicity of the physical and chemical properties of the elements relates to atomic structure.

Periodic Table of Elements

Rows are called “Periods”

Columns are called “Groups”

Columns (Groups) are also called Families

Groups and Periods

Group: Alkalai Metals

Group: Alkaline Earth Metals

Group: Halogens

Group: Noble Gases

Region: Transition Metals

Region: Metals

Region: Nonmetals

Region: Metalloids

Metalloids B, Boron Si, Silicon Ge, Germanium As, Arsenic Sb, Antimony Te, Tellurium Po, Polonium

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