

Why do elements in the same group have similar physical and chemical properties?
What are the three major categories of the elements?

List 5 properties that most metals have in common.
What does malleable mean?
What does ductile mean?

Where are alkali metals found in the periodic table?
Why are alkali metals so reactive?
How does reactivity change as you go down the group?
Where are alkaline earth metals commonly found on earth?

Where are transition metals found in the periodic table?
What 3 properties of transition metals would make them valuable for use in coins?

List 4 properties of nonmetals.
Oxygen and chlorine exist as diatomic elements. What does this mean?

Why are halogens so reactive?
How does reactivity change as you go down the group?

Why are noble gasses so unreactive?

What are metalloids?