What are Groups and Periods on the Periodic Table?
Groups are the columns on the Periodic Table. Each group contains elements with similar chemical properties. Periods are the rows, organized by increasing atomic number!
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Groups go down, periods go across. Simple as that!
They鈥檙e like the table's neighborhood streets and avenues. Groups are vertical streets, periods are horizontal avenues.
Elements in the same group react similarly. Periods help us see trends in properties as you move across the table.
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