FAMILIARIZING THE PERIODIC TABLE

Get your Periodic table and find for the name, symbol and group number of the following elements:
Name Symbol Group Number
Boron _________________ _________________
Nitrogen _________________ _________________
Fluorine _________________ _________________
Vanadium _________________ _________________
Lithium _________________ _________________
Chlorine _________________ _________________
Argon _________________ _________________
Calcium _________________ _________________
Magnesium _________________ _________________
_________________ Fe _________________
_________________ Ag _________________
_________________ Hg _________________
_________________ Pb _________________
Silicon _________________ _________________
Gold _________________ _________________
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What are the symbols for Boron, Nitrogen, Fluorine and
Vanadium?
2. What is the symbol for Lithium, Chlorine, Argon,
Calcium and Manganese?
3. What are the symbols for Iron, Silver, Mercury and
Lead?
4. What is the symbol for potassium?
5. What is the element’s name and symbol that comes
before Titanium?
6. How about the element that comes after Barium?
7. In which group does each of the elements listed in the
Table?
REMEMBER
Every element has a name. Scientists agreed to give
Symbols for each element. This is very helpful
especially to those elements with long names.
Elements are named after a place, a person, a
character in mythology, mineral, astronomical bodies
and their properties. The-Periodic-Table-Element-
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Elements that are in the same column have similar
properties.
Each column is called a FAMILY. However, at this point,
you will refer to each family with their corresponding
GROUP NUMBER. (1-18)
 ELEMENTS IN OUR FOOD
 The Nutrition Facts is a list of the different nutrients provided by the
food product with their corresponding percentage share on the Daily
Recommended Dietary Allowance.
 Ingredients give you a list of the materials that have been added to
make the food product.