Periodic Table Groups

Question 1

Found on the right side of the periodic table

Accepted Answer

Nonmetals

Question 2

This element behaves like both a metal and a nonmetal

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Hydrogen

Question 3

Magnesium and Calcium are...

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Alkaline Earth Metals

Question 4

Sodium is a(an)...

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Alkali Metal

Question 5

This group has one valence electron...

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Alkali Metals

Question 6

Very highly reactive, have 7 valence electrons...

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Halogens

Question 7

This group has 6 valence electrons, so it's preferred state is to...

Accepted Answer

Gain 2 electrons

Question 8

Which is NOT a property of metals...

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Nonconductor

Question 9

Oxygen is in the _____ family

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Chalcogen

Question 10

What determines how reactive an element is?

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Number of electrons in valence shell

Question 11

Which is the only metal liquid at room temperature?

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Mercury

Question 12

Found on the "staircase"

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Metalloids

Question 13

Found on the left side of the periodic table

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Metals

Question 14

Moving from left to right, which is the order of the groups we've talked about?

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Alkali, Alkaline Earth, Chalcogen, Halogen, Noble Gas

Question 15

This group has 2 valence electrons...

Accepted Answer

Alkaline Earth Metals

Question 16

What did Dmitri Mendeleev organize the elements by in the first periodic table?

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Atomic Mass

Question 17

This group is the "happiest" (full valence shell)

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Noble Gases

Question 18

Vertical columns on the periodic table

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Group, Family

Question 19

Which is NOT a property of nonmetals

Accepted Answer

Conduct heat and electricity

Question 20

What is a horizontal row known as on the periodic table?

Accepted Answer

Period

Questions 20