Exploring the Periodic Table
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Objective
I can explain how the periodic table is organized and use it to predict properties of elements.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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As you move down the periodic table, the atomic radius increases because you are adding more electron shells.
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Ionization energy is the energy required to remove an electron from an atom, and it generally increases as you move up and to the right on the periodic table.
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Electronegativity, or the ability of an atom to hold electrons tightly, generally increases as you move up and to the right on the periodic table.
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Practice
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Which of the following best describes how Mendeleev organized the elements in his periodic table?
The elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar properties because they have the same:
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“Explain how atomic radius changes as you move down a group and across a period on the periodic table. What causes these trends?”
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