| Regions of the PT |
| #1 |
The first column of elements on the periodic table. |
What are the alkali metals? |
| #2 |
The last column of elements on the periodic table. |
What are the noble gases? |
| #3 |
The middle group of elements (columns 3-12) on the periodic table. |
What are the transition metals? |
| #4 |
The 2nd group on the periodic table. |
What are the alkaline earth metals? |
| #5 |
The 17th group on the periodic table. |
What are the halogens? |
| Vocab |
| #1 |
A substance in which the atoms or molecules are arranged in an orderly, geometric, repeating pattern. |
What is a crystal? |
| #2 |
1/2 the distance from center to center of two like atoms bonded together. |
What is the atomic radius? |
| #3 |
A liquid or solid solution of two or more metals. |
What is an alloy? |
| #4 |
The amount of energy given off when a negatively charged ion is created from the ground state of an element. |
What is electron affinity? |
| #5 |
The amount of energy needed to create a positively charged ion from the ground state of an element. |
What is ionization energy? |
| Hodgepodge |
| #1 |
All elements in a family have this in common. |
What is the number of valence electrons? |
| #2 |
The way group 2 attains a stable electron configuration. |
What is losing 2 electrons? |
| #3 |
The electron configurations of these elements end in s and p orbitals |
What is Main group elements? |
| #4 |
The stair-step line that separates the metals from the nonmetals. |
What is the metalloid line? |
| #5 |
The element has [Kr]5s(2)4d(6) noble gas configuration. |
What is Ruthenium(Ru)? |
