Some Features of the Periodic Table: 1. The horizontal rows are called periods or series. 2.

The vertical columns are called groups. * A group is often called a family because of the similarities in chemical properties of the elements within it. Group IA Alkali Metals Group IIA Alkaline Earth Metals Group IIIA Boron Family Group IVA Carbon Family Group VA Nitrogen Family Group VIA Oxygen Family Group VIIA Halogen Family Group VIIIA Noble Gas 3. The periodic table has a heavy ladder like line. This line divides metals from nonmetals. 4. In some periodic table, some symbols are of different colors. The colors give an indication of the physical state of elements. Functions of the Periodic Table 1. A tool that aids in knowing the physical and chemical properties of elements. 2. It helps you remember the chemical symbols of elements. 3. Guides you in the prediction of properties 4. Helps you in knowing some trends in properties like atomic size, metallic and nonmetallic properties

Matter- anything that makes up space and plasma Mass- is the amount of a material that is in it Weight the gravitational attraction of the earth and the body Volume- amount of space that matter takes up Solid- the molecules are closed to each other
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Liquid- the molecules are far from each other Gas- molecules are very far from each other
have definite volume but can change

have definite shape and volume

can change volume and shape have no definite shape it has weight Molecules- are the building blocks of matter are two or more atoms joined together