Trends in the Periodic Table

This week in class we talked and learned about the Periodic Table. The Periodic Table is organised by the type of metals. The most metallic metals are on the far right side, while the least metallic metals (gases) are to the far left. the middle group is called transition metals. A period is the metals going horizontal on the periodic table, a group is the metals going vertical. Electron Affinity sets a trend because the atoms above it are always larger. The trend of ionization energy is when the atomic number rapidly increases.