The Periodic Table
Across
- 5. across each Period from left to right, atomic radius ___
- 7. Down Group I, melting and boiling points ___
- 8. Group I metals have ___ melting and boiling points
- 9. elements in the Periodic Table are arranged in order of increasing ___ or atomic number
- 11. Group I metals are ___ and can be cut by a knife
- 12. Down Group I, densities ___
- 13. down each Group, the number of electron shells increases, distance from nucleus to valence shell ___
- 14. Group I metals have low ____
- 15. elements in the same Group have the same number of ___ electrons
- 17. elements in the same ___ undergo similar chemical properties
- 18. a horizontal row of elements having the same number of electron shells
- 19. alkali metals in Group I have ___ valence electron
- 21. ___ is the least reactive metal in Group I
Down
- 1. effective nuclear charge ___ across the Period, causing valence electrons to be attracted more strongly
- 2. alkali metals react with water producing soluble metal hydroxides and ____ gas
- 3. across each Period, there is a ___ in metallic properties
- 4. Group I metals are the most metallic and hence the strongest ___ agents
- 6. halogens in Group VII have ___ valence electrons
- 10. ___ floats and darts about the surface of water, burning with a yellow orange flame
- 16. across each Period, the nature of oxides change from basic to ___ to acidic oxides
- 20. potassium produces a ___flame as it reacts with water