periodic table, metals and non-metals

• What is the title of the study material?

  The periodic table
• Which particles are found in the nucleus?

  Protons and neutrons
• What charge does a neutron have?

  Neutral
• What is the mass of an electron?

  Very small
• What does atomic number tell you?

  Number of protons in an atom
• Which element has an atomic number of 20?

  Calcium
• What is the periodic table?

  A list of all known elements
• How are elements arranged in the periodic table?

  According to similarities in their properties
• Where are metals found in the periodic table?

  Left and bottom
• Where are non-metals found in the periodic table?

  Right and top
• What is the order of elements in the periodic table?

  Atomic number
• What are columns of elements called in the periodic table?

  Groups
• What are rows of elements called in the periodic table?

  Periods
• What is the difference between groups and periods in the periodic table?

  • A group is a column of elements.
  • A period is a row of elements.
• Name a metal from the provided list.

  Copper
• Name a non-metal from the provided list.

  Oxygen
• What are the properties of metals and non-metals?

  Metals:

  • Shiny (Lustrous)
  • High melting and boiling points
  • Good conductors of electricity
  • Malleable & ductile
  • High density

  
  

  Non-metals:

  • Dull
  • Low melting and boiling points
  • Poor conductors of electricity
  • Brittle
  • Low density
• What is a pattern when dividing elements into metals and non-metals?

  Metals are on the left, non-metals on the right
• How were elements arranged in Mendeleev’s periodic table?

  By increasing atomic mass
• How is the modern periodic table arranged?

  In order of increasing atomic number
• Name a metal in the same group as lithium.

  Sodium
• Name a non-metal in the same period as magnesium.

  Aluminium