The columns on The Periodic Table are called groups. All elements in the same group share characteristics such as reactivity toward other substances. Also, elements in the same group contain the same amount of electrons in the outer shell of their atoms.
They are called groups or families. Often the elements that are found in the same group as each other have similar chemistry and reactivity.
Each column is named as follows, going from left to right across the periodic table (see the Web Links to the left for a periodic table).
The names in bold are the most very commonly used names (some of the other names are not very often used).
The verticle column of the periodic table is called a family or a group.
They are called groups and numbered from left to right (1-18).
The horizontal columns are called groups and families because the members of the same group have similar physical and chemical properties.
These columns are called groups.
The vertical columns are known as groups.
The vertical columns are called groups.
They're called periods
a period
group or family
There are 18 columns on the periodic table.They are called groups or families.
The vertical columns are groups or families. There are 18 such families.
The columns in the periodic table are called groups. They are also referred as families.
periods are the rows and families are the columns
group or family
groups
On the periodic table columns are called groups
Families or groups
There are 18 columns on the periodic table.They are called groups or families.
The vertical columns of the periodic table are called groups or families.
These columns are called groups.
The word for columns in the periodic table is groups. They are also referred as families.
Families (or groups) are the vertical columns of the periodic table. Period is horizontal rows.
The another term used is Families. The vertical columns are referred as groups or families.
The vertical columns are groups or families. There are 18 such families.
they are called groups or families