Periodic Trends Graphing Activity

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Periodic Trends Graphing Activity
Part 1: Group Trends
Group 1:

Group 7:

Part 2: Period Trends
Period 3:

General Periodic Table:
1. State the periodic law in your own words.
Chemical and physical properties of elements repeat in each period when elements are arranged in order of atomic mass

2. How do the properties analyzed in this activity show periodicity of the chemical elements? That is, as the atomic number increases, when do the trends repeat?
For the most part, the trend carried out throughout the period. However there were some cases when Argon, a noble gas did not follow a trend and another case where the trend was interrupted due to the …show more content…

What is electronegativity?
Electronegativity measures the ability of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons.

16. What is the most electronegative element and where is it found on the periodic table? (Top, bottom, left, right?)
Fluorine is the most electronegative element; it is a halogen and is found in the upper right corner of the periodic table.

17. Where are the least electronegative elements found? (Top, bottom, left, right?)
The least electronegative elements are found towards the bottom left of the periodic table (the opposite corner of fluorine)

18. What appears to be the trend in electronegativity as you move from left to right in a row?
Electronegativity increases as we move from left to right

19. What appears to be the trend in electronegativity as you move from top to bottom in a column?
Electronegativity decreases as we move from up to down

20. List the following atoms in order of increasing electronegativity: O, Al, Ca
Ca, Al, O

21. List the following atoms in order of decreasing electronegativity: Cl, K, Cu
Cl, Cu, K

Ionization Energy:
26. Define Ionization

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