Check out this long-form version of the periodic table. It shows where the two rows of elements from question 4 really belong in the periodic table. Think about the challenges of
using this version of the periodic table.
Which statement offers the most likely explanation of why the long-form version of the
periodic table is seldom used?
The elements in the separate group are so rare that they do not occur in nature.
The elements in the separate group have very little in common with one another.
The long-form version no longer keeps the elements in order of increasing atomic
number.
The long-form version is too wide to easily fit on a computer screen or sheet of
paper.