Selected Answers from Atomic Structure & Periodic Trends work:

1. What is happening to the atom’s size (atomic radius) as you move downward on the
periodic table?

2. What aspect of atomic structure most likely affects the First Ionization Energy trend
down a group (the energy required to remove a valence electron)?

3. What is happening to the atom’s size (atomic radius) as you move to the right on the
periodic table?

4. What aspect of atomic structure most likely affects the atomic radius trend across a
period?

5. How does this aspect of atomic structure affect the First Ionization Energy trend (the
energy required to remove a valence electron)?