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Name: ________________________________________ Period: _______
Color Coding the Periodic Table
There are a number of major groups with similar properties. They are as follows:
Hydrogen: This element does not match the properties of any other group so it stands alone. It
is placed above group 1 but it is not part of that group. It is a very reactive, colorless, odorless
gas at room temperature. (1 outer level electron)
Group 1: Alkali Metals – These metals are extremely reactive and are never found in nature in
their pure form. They are silver colored and shiny. Their density is extremely low so that they
are soft enough to be cut with a knife. (1 outer level electron)
Group 2: Alkaline-earth Metals – Slightly less reactive than alkali metals. They are silver colored
and more dense than alkali metals. (2 outer level electrons)
Groups 3 – 12: Transition Metals – These metals have a moderate range of reactivity and a wide
range of properties. In general, they are shiny and good conductors of heat and electricity. They
also have higher densities and melting points than groups 1 & 2. (1 or 2 outer level electrons)
Lanthanides and Actinides: These are also transition metals that were taken out and placed at
the bottom of the table so the table wouldn’t be so wide. The elements in each of these two
periods share many properties. The lanthanides are shiny and reactive. The actinides are all
radioactive and are therefore unstable. Elements 95 through 103 do not exist in nature but have
been manufactured in the lab.
Group 13: Boron Group – Contains one metalloid and 4 metals. Reactive. Aluminum is in this
group. It is also the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust. (3 outer level electrons)
Group 14: Carbon Group – Contains on nonmetal, two metalloids, and two metals. Varied
reactivity. (4 outer level electrons)
Group 15: Nitrogen Group – Contains two nonmetals, two metalloids, and one metal. Varied
reactivity. (5 outer level electrons)
Group 16: Oxygen Group – Contains three nonmetals, one metalloid, and one metal.
Reactive group. (6 outer level electrons)
Groups 17: Halogens – All nonmetals. Very reactive. Poor conductors of heat and electricity.
Tend to form salts with metals. Ex. NaCl: sodium chloride also known as “table salt”. (7 outer
level electrons)
Groups 18: Noble Gases – Unreactive nonmetals. All are colorless, odorless gases at room
temperature. All found in earth’s atmosphere in small amounts. (8 outer level electrons).
Name: ________________________________________ Period: _______
Color Coding the Periodic Table Student Worksheet
This worksheet will help you understand how the periodic table is arranged.
Your teacher will give you a copy of the periodic table to color. Using map
pencils, color each group on the table as follows:
1. Number the top (columns) of the periodic table 1-18
2. Number the side (rows) of the period table 1-7
3. Color the square for Hydrogen pink.
4. Lightly color all metals yellow.
5. Place black dots in the squares of all alkali metals.
6. Draw a horizontal line across each box in the group of alkaline earth metals.
7. Draw a diagonal line across each box of all transition metals.
8. Color the metalloids purple.
9. Color the nonmetals orange.
10. Draw small brown circles in each box of the halogens.
11. Draw checkerboard lines through all the boxes of the noble gases.
12. Using a black color, trace the zigzag line that separates the metals from the
nonmetals.
13. Color all the lanthanides red.
14. Color all the actinides green.
When you are finished, make sure you have a key that indicates which color
identifies which group on your periodic table!
Name: ________________________________________ Period: _______
Name: ________________________________________ Period: _______
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Student Worksheet
Follow the instructions below to label the major groups and divisions of the periodic
table.
1. The vertical columns on the periodic table are called ____________.
2. The horizontal rows on the periodic table are called _____________.
3. Most of the elements in the periodic table are classified as _____________.
4. The elements that touch the zigzag line are classified as _______________.
5. The elements in the far upper right corner are classified as______________.
6. Elements in the first group have one outer shell electron and are extremely
reactive. They are called ___________ ______________.
7. Elements in the second group have 2 outer shell electrons and are also very
reactive. They are called ______________ ______________ ________________.
8. Elements in groups 3 through 12 have many useful properties and are called
_________________ _______________.
9. Elements in group 17 are known as “salt formers”. They are called

_________________.
10. Elements in group 18 are very unreactive. They are said to be “inert”. We call
these the ______________ ______________.
11. The elements at the bottom of the table were pulled out to keep the table from
becoming too long. The first period at the bottom called the
_________________.
12. The second period at the bottom of the table is called the
_____________________.

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Name: __________________________________ Period: _

Color Coding the Periodic Table

1. The vertical columns on the periodic table are called ____________.

2. The horizontal rows on the periodic table are called _____________.

3. Most of the elements in the periodic table are classified as _____________.

9. Elements in group 17 are known as “salt formers”. They are called

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