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Chapter 12 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Periodic | Describes something that occurs or repeats at regular intervals. |
Periodic Law | The law that states that the repeating chemical and physical properties of elements change periodically with the atomic numbers of the elements. |
Period | in chemistry, a horizontal row of elements in the periodic table. |
Group | a vertical column of elements in the periodic table; elements in a group share chemical properties. |
Alkali metal | one of the elements of Group 1 of the periodic table (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium) |
Alkaline-earth metal | one of the elements in group 2 of the periodic table (berylium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium) |
Halogen | one of the elements of Group 17 of the periodic table (flourine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine); halogens combine with most metals to form salts |
Noble gas | one of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table (helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon); noble gases are unreactive. |