Homework & Reference: Trends In The Periodic Table

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Homework & Reference: Trends in the Periodic Table

Do research on your own and find at least three important features or patterns

that are unique to each area or family in the periodic table.

Definitions and General Information about the Periodic Table

Row or “Period”

• Moving left to right on the periodic table

• Neighboring elements often have similar properties

• Elements in a row have the same outer shell (but different numbers of electrons)

Column or “Family”

• A column of elements

• These share many physical and chemical properties

• They have the same number of valence electrons

Alkali Metals

Alkaline Earth Metals

Transition Elements

Rare Earths

Semiconductors

Non-Metals

Halogens

Noble Gases

Homework: Trends in the Periodic Table

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