Aurelia dropped a piece of metal into a beaker, and then she added acid to it. She saw colorless bubbles rising from the metal. The metal began to turn black. What type of change did Aurelia see?

Chemical change

Explanation:

From all indicators, Aurelia is seeing a chemical change occurring in the reaction here.

A chemical change is a change in which new substances are produced. For every chemical change:

We start off and end with:

         Metal   +     Acid →     Black metal     +    rising gaseous bubbles

Clearly, it is shown that new products are formed and this reaction is impossible to reverse in order to get the reactants back.

This is a typical chemical change.

assuming that your periodic table has eighteen columns, you should highlight   the four elements in the third column from the left of the table.

neutral atoms of elements after calcium contain d electrons. the energy of d orbitals of a particular main shell lies between the energy of the s and p orbitals of the next main shell. for example, electrons in the have energy higher than those in the orbital while lower than those of the orbital.

by the aufbau principle, electrons fill orbitals one at a time, starting from those of the lowest energy. the orbital is therefore filled right after orbitals and before orbitals.  

potassium has electron configuration and calcium . the s orbital of a main shell holds a maximum of two electrons. the next element would thus have the electron configuration and satisfy the requirements.

a neutral atom of the element contains three electrons on top of the most recent noble gas element. it should thus be placed in the third column of the periodic table. both scandium and yttrium would satisfy the conditions. an aufbau diagram indicates that the 4f orbital is filled before the 5d. however, it appears that exceptions exists for both lanthanum and actinium. neutral atoms of the two d-block elements also demonstrate the and should be highlighted as well.