Periodic Table Groups and Periods

A __________ goes up and down on the periodic table.

• Group

• Period

What element is in period 4, group 1?

• K - Potassium

• V - Vandium

• C - Carbon

• Ti - Titanium

What two elements are in the same Period?

• K - Potassium and Na - Sodium

• Li - Lithium and Mg - Magnesium

• B - Boron and C - Carbon

• Zn - Zinc and N - Nitrogen

Which two elements would have similar properties?

• Ar - Argon and Xe - Xenon

• Og - Oganesson and Lu - Lutetium

• He - Helium and Lu - Lutetium

• Ar - Argon and Se - Selenium

Columns on the periodic table are called (a)   while rows are called (b)   .

• groups

• periods

Which of the following pairs of elements belong to the same group? (a)  

• C and Pb

• H and He

• Li and Be

• Ga and Ge

Use the image provided to fill in the blanks for each statement below. The most reactive nonmetals are in (a)   . The most unreactive or stable elements are in ​ (b)   . The most reactive metals are in ​ (c)   .

• column D

• column E

• column A

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which statement best describes the position of the two elements in the periodic table.

• The two elements are in the same period, with Mg the first element in the period table and Ca the last element

• The two elements are in the same group, with Mg just above Ca

• The two elements are side by side in the same period, with Ca to the left of Mg

• The two elements are in the same group, with Ca just below Mg

Elements that are arranged in __________ have the most similar physical and chemical properties to each other.

• periods

• groups

Students collected data on five elements. Their data are shown in the table. Lithium and ​ (a)   have the same number of energy levels because they are in the same ​​​ (b)   .

• Beryllium

• period

• Sodium

• Magnesium

• Potassium

• family