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Families of the Periodic Table WebquestGo to . Why are the elements placed in specific places on the Periodic Table?Based on how they look or act.2. Periods are ___rows_____ that run from __left_____ to ___right____.3. Elements in the same period have the same __number of orbitals______________________.4. Every element in the first period has ___1_____ shell for its _electrons______. Every element in the second period has _____2_____ for its __electrons_________. See the pattern?5. Groups are ___colums____________ that run from _top_____ to __bottom_______.6. The elements of a group have the same number of _valence electrons___________ in their _outer__________shell.7. Every element in group one has ___1______ electron in its outer shell. Every element in group two has ___2________ electrons in its outer shell.8. Hydrogen is special because it can act like two groups, ___1_______ and ____7_____.9. Hydrogen sometimes is _missing_______________ an electron and sometimes it has an ___extra__________ electron.10.Although helium has only ____2______ electrons in its outer shell, it is grouped with elements that have _____8___________.11. The green elements on this table are called ___transition_________ elements. They each have two electrons in their outer shell.Specific FamiliesUse this site to fill in the blanks below:http.//12. Click on Alkali Metals (left bar) and answer the following questions.a. What is the group number? ____1______b. Are these metals reactive? ___yes_______c. Do these metals occur freely in nature? ____No______d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? ___1________e. What are the three characteristics of ALL metals? ____malleable, ductile, good conductors _______________f. Are these metals soft or hard? ______soft__________________g. Name the two most reactive elements in this group? __cesium___________ and __francium________h. What happens when they are exposed to water? _____can explode_______________13. Click on Alkaline Earth Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.a. What is the group number? __2________b. Are these metals reactive? ____yes______c. Do these metals occur freely in nature? ___no_________d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? __2_______ (Hint: It’s the same as their oxidationnumber or group number.)14. Click on Transition Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.a. How many elements are in this group? __________38__b. What are the group numbers? ____3______ through ___12____c. What are valence electrons? _____electrons used to combine with other elements ___________d. Because the valence electrons are present in more than one ____shell_________ transition metals often exhibit several common ___oxidation states_______________.e. Name the three elements in this family that produce a magnetic field. _iron________,__cobalt________, and ___nickel_______.15. Click on Other Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.a. How many elements are in this group? ____7__________b. What are the group numbers? __13_______ through ____15______c. How are these other metals similar to the transition metals? ___ductile and malleable ___________d. How are these metals different than the transition metals? __don’t have variable oxidation statese. List three physical properties of these other metals. __solid, high density, opaque _______________________f. What are the oxidation numbers for this group? _____+3, ±4, and -3_________________16. Click on Metalloids to answer these questions.a. On your periodic table, draw the black stair-step line that distinguishes metals from nonmetals.b. Metalloids have properties of both _metals_______ and __nonmetlas___________.c. Define semiconductor __can carry a charge under special conditions_______________.d. Name two metalloids that are semi-conductors. __silicon__________and __germanium________.e. This property makes metalloids useful in _computers___________and __calculators____________.17. Click in Nonmetals to answer these questions.a. What are the group numbers? _14__________ through _____16_______b. List four characteristics of ALL nonmetals. ____brittle, not ductile, not malleable, no metallic luster__________________________c. What two states of matter do nonmetals exist in at room temperature?____gases and solids_____________________d. The nonmetals have no ____metallic luster___________and do not ____reflect light________________.e. What are the oxidation numbers of the nonmetals? ____±4, -3, and -2___________________18. Click on the Halogens (left bar) to answer these questions.a. What is the halogen group number? __17_________________b. Are halogens metals or nonmetals? ___nonmetals___________________c. The term “halogen” means ___salt former_________________ and compounds containing halogens arecalled _________salts___________.d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? ______7____________e. What is their oxidation number? _____-1_________________f. What states of matter do halogens exist in at room temperature?_____all 3_____________________________19. Click on Noble Gases (left bar) and answer these questions.a. What is the group number? _____18____________b. Why were these gases considered to be inert or stable? ______have a full outer shell __________________c. What is their oxidation number? ____0_______________20. Click on Rare Earth Elements ( Inner Transition) (left bar) and answer these questions.a. On you periodic table, label the Lanthanide and Actinide series with your pencil.b. How many Rare Earth elements are there? ____30_______________________c. Define trans-uranium. _______synthetic- man made____________________________d. The Rare Earth metals are found in group ___3____________and periods __6____________and__7________. ................
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