Chemistry

The Periodic Table of

Elements
 California Standards
Atomic and Molecular Structure
1 The periodic table displays the elements in
increasing atomic number and shows how
periodicity of the physical and chemical
properties of the elements relates to atomic
structure.
Periodic Table of Elements
Rows are called “Periods”
Columns are called “Groups”
Columns (Groups) are also
called Families
Groups and Periods
Group: Alkalai Metals
Group: Alkaline Earth Metals
Group: Halogens
Group: Noble Gases
Region: Transition Metals
Region: Metals
Region: Nonmetals
Region: Metalloids
 Metalloids
• B, Boron
• Si, Silicon
• Ge, Germanium
• As, Arsenic
• Sb, Antimony
• Te, Tellurium
• Po, Polonium
 Credits
• http://www.chem4kids.com/
• http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbook
s/mcmurry2/chapter1/custom5/deluxe-cont
ent.html
• http://www.eserc.stonybrook.edu/ProjectJa
va/ChemicalChargeApplet/definitions.html