AIHS Chemistry
10/11/13
Name ________________________
Period ____
PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTS
LESSON QUESTION
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How is the periodic table organized according to the properties of elements?
TWO COLUMN NOTES
Question
1) What is the difference between
a chemical property and a
physical property?
2) Why do elements in the same
family generally have similar
chemical properties?
3) Why are electrons so important
in the study of chemistry?
4) What factors affect the size of
an atom’s valence shell? Give
examples.
5) How do nuclear charge and the
size of an element’s valence
shell change going across a
period?
6) How does the radius of the
atom change going down
groups/families?
7) How does the metallic
character of elements change
as you move left to right across
a period?
8) Explain trends in ionization
energy across the second
period.
What is one question you have
about the periodic table?
Notes
AIHS Chemistry
10/11/13
Name ________________________
Period ____
VOCABULARY
Word
Group/family
Period
Ion
Definition