Chemistry
The Periodic Table of Elements
California Standards
Atomic and Molecular Structure1 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: Noble Gases
Region: Transition Metals
Region: Nonmetals
Region: Metalloids
Metalloids
• B, Boron
• Si, Silicon
• Ge, Germanium
• As, Arsenic
• Sb, Antimony
• Te, Tellurium
• Po, Polonium
Credits
• http://www.chem4kids.com/
• http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/mcmurry2/chapter1/custom5/deluxe-content.html
• http://www.eserc.stonybrook.edu/ProjectJava/ChemicalChargeApplet/definitions.html