Families of the Periodic Table

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Across
  1. 2. Elements in the same group are called ____, because they react similarly.
  2. 8. ___ metals are in groups 3-12. They include iron, copper, gold, silver.
  3. 9. Elements that can be hammered into thin sheets/ reshaped without breaking are
  4. 11. The ___ rule states that atoms will gain, lose, or share electrons to get to 8.
  5. 12. horizontal row on the periodic table
  6. 14. Group ____ reacts strongly with metal families.
  7. 15. alkaline earth metals are ___ reactive than alkali metals
  8. 17. The ___ gases are an unreactive family because they already have full octets.
  9. 18. Alkaline earth metals have ___ valence electrons.
Down
  1. 1. Families are similar because they have the same number of ___ electrons.
  2. 3. Halogens have ___ valence electrons.
  3. 4. A word to describe the luster of metals is ___.
  4. 5. ____ are the most reactive nonmetal family
  5. 6. ___ metals react violently in water.
  6. 7. vertical column on the periodic table
  7. 10. A word to describe the malleability of nonmetals is ___.
  8. 13. alkali metals are group number
  9. 16. Metals and nonmetals react together to form ___.