The periodic table is set up as a series of rows and columns. The rows are referred to as the series or the period.
Groups.
The horizontal rows are called periods
The columns in this table indicate that the elements in a particular row are all part of a family of elements sharing certain similarities. The horizontal rows denote the orbital letter (the highest one) in which all elements have in common.
A period are the rows going across on a periodic table, a group is the rows going up and down. there is no relation in them.
The horizontal rows of the periodic table are called Periods and the vertical rows are called groups.
The periodic table is set up as a series of rows and columns. The rows are referred to as the series or the period.
These horizontal rows are called periods.
The rows are also called periods.
Periods are rows. Therefore, silver is in period 5.
Groups.
period
The horizontal rows are called periods
The second period. (Rows)
The columns in this table indicate that the elements in a particular row are all part of a family of elements sharing certain similarities. The horizontal rows denote the orbital letter (the highest one) in which all elements have in common.
A period are the rows going across on a periodic table, a group is the rows going up and down. there is no relation in them.
The rows (periods) work out to be the energy levels, ex. if an element is in period 5, it has 5 energy levels.