Name ______Period ______Date ______

Periodic Table Organization Practice

A ______is a vertical column of elements. Elements within a group may have very similar physical and chemical properties because they have a very similar arrangement of electrons. There are ____ groups of elements in the periodic table beginning on the left hand side with group 1A.

The seven horizontal rows on the periodic table are called ______. Elements 57-71 and 89-103 are parts of periods 6 and 7. The elements in a period have very different chemical and physical properties. The elements to the left. The elements to the right are more likely to be non-metals.

Periodic Table Organization Drawing Activity

  1. With a pencil, draw the staircase on the periodic table below.
  2. With colored pencils, color the metals, non-metals and metalloids on the periodic table below.
  3. Metalloids: yellow-green (Remember Al is not a metalloid!) – the metalloids are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium, and polonium
  4. Metals (below and to the left of the staircase): purple, blue, and green shades by families (purple most reactive, green less reactive). (Remember hydrogen is not a metal!)
  5. Non-metals (above and to the right of the staircase): yellow, orange, and red shades (red most reactive, yellow less reactive, no color non-reactive)

Complete the following by matching the information provided.

  1. This element is in period 2 and family 3A.______
  2. Elements in family 7A are known as the ______.
  3. The element strontium is located in period ______and family ______.
  4. Is phosphorus a metal or a non-metal?______
  5. This element is a noble gas in period 5.______
  6. Chromium is in what large section of elements?______
  7. This element is an alkali metal in period 4.______
  8. Elements in family 2A are known as the ______.
  9. Is zirconium a metal or a non-metal?______
  10. This element is in period 3 and family 3A.______
  11. Lithium is in the family called the ______.
  12. Nickel is in period ______and family ______.
  13. Is beryllium a metal or a non-metal?______
  14. Elements in family 8A are known as ______.
  15. Sodium and cesium are known as ______.
  16. The alkaline earth metals are the elements in family ______.
  17. What element is the only non-metal in family 4A?______
  18. Fluorine and Bromine are known as ______.
  19. Is hydrogen a metal or a non-metal?______
  20. The element magnesium is in period ______and belongs to the family of elements known as ______.