What are the columns and rows called of the periodic table called?

Answer 1

Rows of the Periodic Table are called periods.

Answer 2

The columns of the periodic table are called groups or families, while the rows are called periods. Groups have similar chemical properties due to having the same number of valence electrons, while periods indicate the number of electron shells an element has.

Answer 3

The columns are called groups.They are also called families.The rows are called Periods.

The rows in the periodic table are called periods. The columns are groups. The groups are also called families.

Answer 4

The rows are called periods. The columns are called groups. They are also called families.

The rows in the periodic table are named as periods. The columns are groups. Elements in the same group share similar chemical properties.

Answer 5

A group or family is a vertical column in the periodic table. 

A period is a horizontal row in the periodic table. Some groups have specific names also; 

alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, pnictogens, chalcogens, and noble gases. However, some other groups, such as group 7, have no trivial names and are referred to simply by their group numbers, since they display fewer similarities and/or vertical trends.

Answer 6

The rows in periodic table are called periods. There are 7 periods.

Answer 7

rows in a periodic table are called PERIODS

columns in a periodic table are called GROUPS.

Answer 8

The columns are called groups.They are also called families.The rows are called Periods.

Answer 9

The rows in the periodic table are named as periods. The columns are groups. Elements in the same group share similar chemical properties.

Answer 10

The rows in the periodic table are called periods. The columns are groups. The groups are also called families.