Periodic Table Families and Valence Electrons

What are the vertical columns on the Periodic Table called?

• Groups

• Families

• Periods

• Metalloids

What are groups of elements that share many similar physical and chemical properties called?

• Groups

• Families

• Periods

• Metalloids

Elements on the periodic table that share some similar properties are classified as either __________.

• Metals

• Nonmetals

• Metalloids

What group has 1 Valence Electron and is the most reactive family?

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Halogens

What group has 2 valence electrons and is reactive, but not as reactive as the Alkali Metals?

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Halogens

What group includes elements that are hard, strong, and shiny metals?

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Halogens

What group has 7 valence electrons and is known to be poisonous?

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Halogens

What group has 8 Valence electrons and is colorless, tasteless, and odorless?

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Noble Gases

What is a very special element of the periodic table that doesn't belong to any family?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Carbon

What are the elements that are unstable and radioactive called?

• Noble Gases

• Actinides

• Halogens

• Metalloids