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What do the columns of the Periodic Table tell us?

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The columns tell you how many electrons are on the outest most shell of the atom.

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The columns of the table represent groups, or families, of elements. The elements in a group often look and behave similarly, because they have the same number of electrons in their outermost shell, the face they show to the world.

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