Question | Answer |
what are groups 3-12 called? | transition elements |
what are the elements called that go in-between 57 and 72 (that other random block) | inner transition elements |
name the first 20 elements by heart | hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, calcium |
what are the first twenty chemical symbols | H, He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar, K, Ca |
what is the top inner transition elements called? | lanthanide series |
what is the bottom inner transition elements called? | Actinide series |
what are the stair step elements called | metalloids |
what are the elements to the left of the metalloids called? (what is the only weird one on that side called?) | metals, Hydrogen |
what are the elements called to the right of the metalloids? | nonmetals |
what are the elements known as in group 18? | Noble gases |
what are the elements known as in group 17? | halogens |
what are the columns that go vertical known as? | groups |
what are the columns that go horizontal known as? | peroids |