Questions and Answers
What is the charge of a cation?
Positive
Where are non-metals typically located on the periodic table?
Right side
How is millimetres converted into micrometres?
- 1000
What does the period number of elements in the periodic table indicate?
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What information does the group number of elements in the periodic table provide?
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In which direction do you move on the periodic table to go from metals to non-metals?
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What is the relationship between converting micrometres to nanometres and converting nanometres to picometres?
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What characteristic of an element can be determined based on its group number in the periodic table?
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What happens to the charge when an atom becomes an anion?
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How does the number of shells in an element relate to its position on the periodic table?
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Study Notes
Ions
- A cation is a positively charged atom.
- An anion is a negatively charged atom.
Periodic Table
- Metals are located on the left side of the periodic table.
- Non-metals are located on the right side of the periodic table.
Unit Conversions
- To convert metres to millimetres, multiply by 1000.
- To convert millimetres to micrometres, multiply by 1000.
- To convert micrometres to nanometres, multiply by 1000.
- To convert nanometres to picometres, multiply by 1000.
Periodic Table Information
- The group number of an element in the periodic table indicates the number of outer shell electrons.
- The period number of an element in the periodic table indicates the number of shells.
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Test your knowledge on cations, anions, periodic table placement of metals and non-metals, and metric system conversions from metres to picometres. Also includes information on the periodic table groups.
