Alkaline Earth Metals

• Silvery white metals

• Fairly reactive

• Many are found in the earth's crust

Alkali Metals

• Shiny solids with low melting points and low densities

• Can be cut with a knife

• Most reactive family of metals

Transition Metals

• Most are good conductors of electricity

• Malleable

Metalloids

• Share properties of metals and nonmetals

Nonmetals

• Brittle

• Do not conduct electricity

Halogens

• Most are poisonous

• Fairly reactive

Noble Gases

• Unreactive

• Gases at room temperature

Nonmetals

• Brittle

• Do not conduct electricity

Lanthanides