Periodic Table Notes 1. First Periodic Table was based on ___increasing Atomic Mass__ made by ____Mendeleev__. 2. Periodic Table used today is arranged by ____increasing Atomic 3. Elements named for ______people ___heavenly Number___. ___, _____places _____, bodies _, and __properties/characteristics of the element__. *Latin is often the language used when naming the elements. -_Dead__Language because no new words are added - All scientists __understand____ it. (common language for scientists) 4. ___Chemical Symbol___ - one or two letter abbreviations of the name – first letter is always __capitalized___ – second letter is always ___lower case___ 5. ___Families__ or ___Groups___ are vertical columns on the Periodic Table 6. ___Periods___ are the horizontal lines on the Periodic Table. 7. Zig Zag ___staircase___ divides the metals from the nonmetals. 8. ___Metals__ are to the left of the staircase. 9. ___Nonmetals___ are to the right of the stair case. 10. ___Metalloids_ are the eight (except for Al aluminum) elements touching the staircase. Periodic Table is the arrangement of all known elements by atomic number. Element is a substance that can not be chemically broken down into a simpler substance. (If an element is broken down, the subatomic particles of protons, neutrons, and electrons result.) -Elements are made of atoms. -All of the atoms in an element are the same.