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What is the major difference between the periodic table created by Dmitri Mendeleev and the one created by Henry Moseley?

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Moseley arranged the elements in order of increasing atomic mass.
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Moseley ignored variations resulting from isotopes.
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Moseley arranged the elements in order of increasing atomic number.
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Moseley divided the elements into four categories.
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Which statements accurately describe trends found in the periodic table? Check all that apply.Henry Moseley established a periodic table that arranges the elements by atomic number.The atomic mass decreases from left to right on the periodic table.The atomic number increases from left to right on the periodic table.Nonmetals create a “staircase” down the periodic table.Metalloids have the characteristics of both metals and nonmetals.

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Henry Moseley established a periodic table that arranges the elements by atomic number.
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The atomic mass decreases from left to right on the periodic table.
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The atomic number increases from left to right on the periodic table.
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Nonmetals create a “staircase” down the periodic table.
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Metalloids have the characteristics of both metals and nonmetals.
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A vertical column of elements in the periodic table is called a .:group
A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table is called a .:period
Atoms of elements in the same group have the same .:number of valence electrons
As you move from left to right on the periodic table, the atomic number .:increases
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group✔ period

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group
B
✔ period
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atomic number chemical properties ✔ number of valence electrons period number

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atomic number
B
chemical properties
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✔ number of valence electrons
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period number
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A vertical column of elements in the periodic table is called a .:group
A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table is called a .:period
Atoms of elements in the same group have the same .:number of valence electrons
As you move from left to right on the periodic table, the atomic number .:increases
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X decreases ✔ increases stays the same

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X decreases
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✔ increases
C
stays the same

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