1. Metals:
- Shiny
- Malleable (can be hammered into sheets)
- Ductile (can be drawn into wires)
- Conduct heat and electricity
- Examples: Iron, Copper, Aluminum
2. Nonmetals:
- Dull
- Brittle
- Poor conductors of heat and electricity
- Examples: Oxygen, Carbon, Nitrogen
3. Metalloids:
- Have properties of both metals and nonmetals
- Examples: Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic
4. Noble Gases:
- Colorless, odorless, and tasteless gases
- Nonreactive
- Examples: Helium, Neon, Argon
5. Halogens:
- Reactive nonmetals
- Form salts with metals
- Examples: Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine
6. Alkali Metals:
- Silvery-white, soft metals
- Highly reactive
- Examples: Lithium, Sodium, Potassium
7. Alkaline Earth Metals:
- Silvery-white, hard metals
- Less reactive than alkali metals
- Examples: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium
8. Transition Metals:
- Hard, shiny metals
- Good conductors of heat and electricity
- Form colored compounds
- Examples: Iron, Copper, Zinc
9. Lanthanides:
- Silvery-white metals
- Radioactive
- Examples: Cerium, Lanthanum, Neodymium
10. Actinides:
- Radioactive metals
- Used in nuclear reactors
- Examples: Uranium, Plutonium, Americium