THE PERIODIC TABLE

• The periodic table is made up of metals & non - metals.
• Non-metals are on the right hand side of the periodic table.
• Metals are on the left hand side of the periodic table.
• The periodic table is made up of columns & rows.
• Columns are called groups, they go across from top to bottom.
• Rows are called periods, they go down from left to right.
• There are 10 other columns between group 2 & 3 , they are called transition elements.
• When elements are in the same group , they have similar properties.
• We can locate an element by using it's group & period . Example ; Period 4 , Group 5 = Arsenic - As -