AQA Trilogy GCSE Science - Science
Mission Objectives
Identify the significant groups of the periodic table
Describe how the elements are arranged in groups and periods in the periodic table
Explain how and why the ordering of elements has changed over time
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Words and meanings to learn
Mendeleev
a Russian chemist who is best known for creating the first widely recognised periodic table of elements
periodic table
a tabular arrangement of elements in order of increasing atomic number
atomic mass
the average mass of an atom of an element, taking into account the relative abundance of each isotope
groups
columns on a periodic table
Newlands
an English chemist who proposed the Law of Octaves, an early attempt to classify elements
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