Periodic Trends

4. when moving from the top to the bottom of a group on the periodic table, the ionization energy of the atoms _______
5. anions are _______ than the atom from which they are formed
6. the distance from the nucleus to the outermost electrons in an ion (size of an ion)
8. the element from the following list that would have the lowest electronegativity C, N, O, F
9. the element on the periodic table that has the smallest size
12. the minimum amount of energy needed to remove an electron from an element
15. when moving left to right across a period of the periodic table, the electronegativity of the atoms _______

1. a measurement of the degree to which an element attracts shared electrons
2. cations are _______ than the atom from which they are formed
3. the element on the periodic table that has the largest size
7. the distance from the nucleus to the outermost electrons (size of an atom)
10. the degree to which an atom will attract an additional electron to itself
11. when moving left to right across a period of the periodic table, the size of the atoms ________
13. the element in period 2 of the periodic table with the highest ionization energy
14. when moving from the top to the bottom of a group on the periodic table, the size of atoms _______