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What is the difference between a period and a group on the periodic table

What is the difference between a period and a group on the periodic table
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What is the difference between a period and a group on the periodic table

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Periods go left to right in a straight line. Anything in the same ROW is a Period.
Groups are up to down. These groups have the same number of outer shell electrons. There are 12 groups.
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A period is the colums goi
ng down on the periodic table, and the groups are the rows going across
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