The periodic table organizes 118 elements into groups with similar properties and places them in order of increasing ____ ____.
atomic mass
Group 1A
Alkali metals
Group 2A
Alkali Earth metals
Group 3 - 12
Transition elements
Group 8A
noble gases
Group 7A
Halogens
B diagonal down to At; down to TS and up diagonal to Ge
Metalloids
Letter A is for
representative elements
Letter B is for
transition elements
- are solids (except Hg mercury)
metals
- low densities and melting points
non metals
metalloids
Densities and melting points are higher for
metals
four major elements of the human body that make up 96% of our mass
C, N, O, H
most of our hydrogen and oxygen is found as
water; which makes up 55-60% of our mass
Ca, P, K, Cl, S, Na, and Mg
Macrominerals
the Macrominerals
Ca, P, K, Cl, S, Na, and Mg
Macrominerals
of all the elements, ___ are essential for the well-being and survival of the human body
20
all atoms of an element have the same number of protons and the same _____ _____
atomic number
For neutral atoms, the net charge is zero…. so, __ = ___
number of protons = number of electrons
• represents the number of particles in the nucleus.
• is equal to the number of protons + the number of
neutrons.
• is always a whole number.
• the mass of a single atom does not appear in the periodic table.
The mass number
only element without a neutron?
hydrogen (atomic # and mass # = 1)
Number of protons =
atomic number