7. What ideas do you have about the factors that actually contribute to the atomic radius trend within a group? (Revisit your background questions to guide you).

b. examine and describe cells

each chemical family is represented as a group or column on the periodic table. based on chemical properties, there are 6 types of chemical families. group 1 represents alkali metals, group 2 represents alkaline earth metals, groups 3 to 12 represent transition metals, groups 13 to 16 represent non-metals and other metals, group 17 represents halogens and group 18 represents noble gases.