Across
- 2. Family name of the inner transition elements found on period 6.
- 4. Elements in the periodic table are arranged according to ________________, the number of protons in the nucleus.
- 6. Identifies the principal families of elements
- 8. _______________ is the family usually found to have the most electronegative elements, such as Fluorine.
- 9. _________________ transition elements are elements whose valence electrons are in the f-orbital.
- 10. _____________ metals are the leftmost family in the periodic table and are usually the least electronegative.
- 11. Family name of the inner transition elements found on period 7.
- 12. Group 18, also called _____________ gases, have the lowest chemical reactivity.
Down
- 1. The elements in groups 1, 2, and 13-18 are called __________________ elements.
- 3. Elements were initially thought to be arranged according to increasing atomic _______________.
- 5. Groups 3-12 are collectively referred to as _________________ elements, elements with partially filled d-orbitals.
- 7. Rows of elements with the same highest electron energy level
