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Which statement best describes the periodic table?
Which statement best describes the periodic table?
- It is a depiction of the periodic law
- It is an organizing icon of physics
- It arranges the chemical elements into rows and columns (correct)
- It is divided into four blocks
What does the periodic law state?
What does the periodic law state?
- Metallic character increases going down a group
- Elements in the same group have similar properties
- Nonmetallic character increases going from the bottom left to the top right
- Elements are arranged in order of their atomic numbers (correct)
Which direction does metallic character generally increase in the periodic table?
Which direction does metallic character generally increase in the periodic table?
- From the bottom left to the top right
- From left to right across a period
- Going down a group (correct)
- In a diagonal trend
What did Dmitri Mendeleev contribute to the periodic table?
What did Dmitri Mendeleev contribute to the periodic table?
What do elements in the same group of the periodic table tend to have?
What do elements in the same group of the periodic table tend to have?