Name
Class
Date
Skills Worksheet
Vocabulary and Section Summary B
Arranging the Elements
VOCABULARY
After you finish reading the section, try this puzzle! The underlined words and
phrases below are incorrect. Correct the sentences by writing the proper word or
phrase in the space provided.
1. The atomic rule states that the repeating chemical and physical properties of
elements change periodically with the atomic numbers of the elements.
periodic law
2. A period is a vertical column of elements in the periodic table.
group or family
3. Conductors are elements having properties of
metals and nonmetals.
metalloids
4. The term malleable describes something that occurs or repeats at regular
intervals.
periodic
5. Atoms that have the same number of protons but different numbers of
neutrons are compounds of each other.
isotopes
6. A vertical column of elements in the periodic table is also called a metalloid.
group or family
7. A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table is called a family.
period
8. Dmitri Mendeleev’s table of elements became known as the repetitive chart of
the elements.
periodic table
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Name
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Date
Skills Worksheet
Vocabulary and Section Summary B
Grouping the Elements
VOCABULARY
After you finish reading the section, try this puzzle! Use the clues to unscramble
the letters in each word or phrase. Then, unscramble the letters in cubes to
complete the sentence at the end.
1. any element in Groups 3–12: NTORIATNIS LAMET
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t r a n__
s i t__
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2. elements that don’t readily react with other elements: BLONE SSGEA
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o b
e
__g
a __
s e__s
__
__
3. group containing iodine and chlorine: SHENOLAG
h a__l __
o
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g e __
n s__
4. one of the elements of Group 1: LAKLIA STEAML
k a__l
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i
m __
e t a __
l s __
__ __
5. elements whose atoms can combine to form compounds: ERVEITAC
r e__a __
c t i v__e
__ __ __
6. what scientists once called noble gases: TIREN SAGES
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n e__r t
g a__ s __
e __
s
__
7. metals with two electrons in the outer level: LEANLIKA-HEART LESAMT
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k a__l __
i n– e__- __
e
a r __
t h__ m e__t __
a l s
__ __ __
8. Knowing what group an element is in can help you
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PREDICT ITS PROPERTIES
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