How are elements ordered?
By ascending order of atomic numbers
What are the horizontal rows called?
Periods
What are the vertical groups called?
Groups
What’s group 1?
Alkali metals
What’s group 7?
Halogens
What’s group 0 called?
Noble gases
How does the reactivity change further down the group in group 1?
Increases
How does the reactivity change further down the group in group 0?
Decreases
Properties of metals?
Lustrous Sonorous Good conductors Ductile Malleable
What happens when lithium reacts with water?
Fizzing
What happens when rubidium reacts with water?
Explodes
What’s special about mercury?
Only metal that’s a liquid at room temperature