WORDS
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
PICTURE
ATOMIC MASS
THE AVERAGE MASS OF ONE ATOM OF THE ELEMENT
SUM OF PROTONS AND NEUTRONS
GROUP
THE ELEMENTS IN A COLUMN
(THE HIGHLIGHTE PARTS IN THIS DIAGRAM ARE GROUPS) Transition metals, nonmetals, metals, ECT.
FAMILY
GROUPS KNOWN AS FAMILIES. EACH GROUP IS NUMBERED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
(THE SQUARE OUTLINE IN THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS A FAMILY)
PERIOD
EACH HORIZONTAL ROW ACROSS THE TABLE
THE HORIZONTAL ROWS IN THIS PEROIDIC TABLE
MALLEABLE
MATERIAL THAT CAN BE POUNDED INTO SHAPES
PENNY (COPPER)
DUCTILE
MATERIAL THAT CAN BE PULLED OUT, OR DRAWN, INTO A LONG WIRE.
DUCTILE IRON PIPE
CONDUCTOR
THESE ARE METALS THAT TRANSMIT HEAT AND ELECTRICITY EASILY.
ALUMINIUM
MAGNETIC
METALS ATTRACTED TO MAGNETS
METAL RINGS BEING PULLED TO A MAGNET
CORROSION
THE PROCESS OF REACTION AND WEARING AWAY
IRON CORRODING AWAY
ALLOY
A MIXTURE OF METALS
GOLD NECKLACES WITH DIAMONDS IN IT
ALKALI METALS
THE METALS IN GROUP 1, FROM LITHIUM TO FRANCIUM
LITHIUM, SODIUM,
POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM, CESIUM, FRANCIUM
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
GROUP 2 OF THE PERIODIC TABLE. THEY ARE MORE REACTIVE THAN MOST METALS.
BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM
TRANSITION METALS
THE ELEMENTS IN GROUPS 3 TO 12. THEY FORM A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE VRY REACTIVE METALS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PERIODIC TABLE, LESS REACTIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE
SCANIUM, TITANIUM, VANAUM, CHROMIUM, MANGANESEM,
CHROMIUM,ECT.
LANTHANIDES
THE BOTTOM OF THE PERIODIC TABLE. THESE SOFT, MALLEABLE, SHINY METALS WITH HIGH CONDUCTIVITY.
LANTHANIUM, CERIUM, PRASEODYMIUM, NEODYMIUM, PROMETHIUM,ECT.
ACTINIDE
BOTTOM ROW. CALLED THE RARE EARTH METALS. FIT IN PERIODS 6 AND 7 BETWEEN ALKALINE EARTH METALS AND TRANSITION METALS.
ACTINIUM, THORIUM, PROTACTINIUM, URANIUM, NEPTUNIUM, PLUTONIUM, AMERICIUM, CURIUM, EECTBERKELIUM,
NONMETAL
ELEMENTS THAT LACK MOST PROPERTIES OF METALS. THY ARE LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ZIGZAG LINE IN THE PERIODIC TABLE.
CARBON (MODEL)
DIATOMIC MOLECULE
NONMETALS THAT FORM MOLECULES OF TWO IDENTICAL ATOMS.
DIATOMIC OXYGEN
MOLECULE (O2)
HALOGEN FAMILY
GROUP 17 CONTAINS FLUORINE, CHLORINE,BROMINE, IODINE, AND ASTATINE. NONMETALS AND SHARE SIMILAR PROPERTIES.
FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BROMINE, IODINE, ASTATINE
NOBLE GAS
ELEMENTS IN GROUP 18. CHEMICALLY STABLE, AND UNREACTIVE
HELIUM,NEON,ARGON,KRYPTON,XENON,RADON
METALLOID
HAVE CHARACTERISTICS OF METALS AND NONMETALS
BORON,SILICON, ASRENIC,ECT.
SEMICONDUCTOR
THESE ARE SUBSTANCES UNDER SOME CONDITIONS CAN CARRY ELECTRICITY, LIKE A METAL, WHILE UNDER OTHER CONITIONS CANNOT CARRY ELECTRICITY, LIKE A NONMETAL.
ALUMINUM, GALLIUM,ZINC,
COPPER