Organizing the Elements • Understanding Main Ideas
1. atomic
The diagram at
the right is a square from the periodic
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table. Label the four facts shown about each element.
3. element
Answer the following on a separate sheet of paper,
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5. What does each of the facts shown above tell you about the element?
6. In what order did Mendeleev arrange the elements in the periodic table?
7. What do elements in the same column in the periodic table have in common?
8. What happens to the number of valence electrons as you move from left to
right in the periodic table?
9. What can you predict about an element from its position in the periodic
table?
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