One of the Patterns That Shows Up Nicely in the Periodic

question 35

Multiple Choice

One of the patterns that shows up nicely in the periodic table is that similar chemical properties

• A) correlate to the mass of each element on a row.
• B) make great batteries, if you choose a metal from two separate rows.
• C) exist on each diagonal, starting with hydrogen, then lithium, and so forth.
• D) are displayed by elements in the same column.

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