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Thank you We sneak Uh your house has been picked

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up by a tornado for the fourth time this week

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knowing once it lands you step outside Only this time

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there are no which feet sticking up from underneath your

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kitchen and no yellow brick road either Instead you see

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bricks of nearly every color in the rainbow It appears

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you've landed on a giant periodic table in the mystical

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land of the elements We'll as you wander about stable

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your guided by a bunch of friendly men chickens Well

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as you go they instruct you on the many wonders

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of the table hooking you up with vital vocab along

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the way Well the first mention explained to you that

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every item in the table represents an element iii a

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substance that can't be broken down into any simpler substance

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You tell him you already knew that which appears to

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burn amount Major league from the second mention then points

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out the atomic number of a few elements explaining that

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this number indicates the number of protons in a given

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element Well you already knew this too But this time

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at least you have the good sense to keep your

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trap shut about my things The third mention tells you

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about chemical symbols the one or two letter abbreviations of

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each element They're basically the l o l a n

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o m g of the periodic table so everyone concerned

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much hipper when talking about him Well the fourth mention

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points out the atomic weight of a couple elements explaining

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that this number indicates the mass of a single atom

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of any given element The fifth mention blows your mind

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a bit by pulling the word period isett e out

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of his brightly colored knickers while period iss ippi he

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says has to do with the elements that share similarities

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with other elements and tend to a line up with

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them in columns He also tells you that the rose

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of the periodic table are called period's The sixth mention

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mentions that the columns of the periodic table are called

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groups or families seven minutes can enlightens you about atomic

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orbital's Yeah these orbital's spd and f are the areas

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around An atom where electrons can be found mention tells

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you that every element in a given period has the

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same number of atomic orbital's which helps explain why they're

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grouped together Well the eighth mention goes a bit over

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your head with her description of violence Electrons you know

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she starts going on and on about how these air

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the electrons that are located in the last or outer

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energy shell of an adam But it's been a while

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since you ate or slept And be honest you're losing

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interest goodbye Well good thing the ninth mansion is so

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high and energy this one is totally pumped to tell

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you all about blocks Aii those four main shaded areas

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called s block d block b block and f la

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Well despite the fact that this tour is beginning to

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feel like a punishment these air not wings of a

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maximum security prison Instead they're groupings of elements based on

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similar atomic orbital types and can indicate what energy level

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you find an element's highest energy electron You couldn't be

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making it more obvious that you're over it but no

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one seems to notice the tenth mench Khun points out

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main group elements and transition elements and the eleven shows

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you where to find metals non metals and metal lloyds

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and still none of these little jerks are able to

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point you in the direction of the spot Okay so

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you've learned quite a bit about periodic table So it's

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Not for nothing But if you ever have to listen

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to another mention chatter on and on about elements Well

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it'll be too soon Fingers crossed Another tornado comes along 00:03:34.175 --> [endTime] quickly

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