science help: Does anyone know what a ‘row’ means in periodic table? - Help.com

rows are the left to right views of the table
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic…
also called periods

rows are aligned like so b/c their chemical behaviors are similar

Thanks, but I already know what it is. I think I confused you. I don’t know what it serves for. When the elements are in the same row, what does it represent?

i think it was rows are similarities in chemical behavior, and columns were chemical property.

http://www.visionlearning.com/library…
this has some more info on rows and columns

Anonymous wrote:
Thanks, but I already know what it is. I think I confused you. I don’t know what it serves for. When the elements are in the same row, what does it represent?

oh i thought you meant what it means, not why it is like that

when elements are in the same rows, they react similarly with other materials such as water and acids

Why they are in a row is it goes up by atomic #, how many protons are in an atom.

Cell wrote:
Why they are in a row is it goes up by atomic #, how many protons are in an atom.

….wait atomic #?
bah, that too then.

Thanks a lot, both of you guys. Really helped.