HOW TO READ THE
PERIODIC TABLE
1
2
Carbon
12
1
2
3
4
ATOMIC
NUMBER
CHEMICAL
SYMBOL
ELEMENT
NAME
MASS
NUMBER
3
4
- Smaller number on the
element
- Number of protons
- Number of electrons
- One capital letter/ One
capital letter and one small
letter
- Used to identify the element
internationally
- What the chemical symbol
stands for
- Type of element
- Bigger number on the
element
- Number of particles in the
nucleus
- Protons + Neutrons