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6. Alkali Metals Soft, silvery colored metals Very reactive!!! They react violently with water and oxygen so they need to be stored in oil. http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/Users/DMcDowell/GenChem/alkalishow.html

7. Alkali Metals reacting with water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSZ-3wScePM&feature=related

8. Alkaline Earth Metals Silvery-White Metals Fairly reactive Many are found in rocks in the earth’s crust

9. Transition Metals Malleable Ductile Most are good conductors of electricity

10. Lanthanide Series Actinide Series Shiny, reactive metals radioactive

15. Most are poisonous Fairly reactive Poor conductors of electricity Usually form salts Halogens

16. Unreactive Gases at room temperature Noble Gases