Group 14-
C: Carbon
Si: Silicon
Ge: Germanium
Sn: Tin
Pb: Lead
Uuq: Ununquadium
Carbon Group Contains: one nonmetal, two metalloids and three metals.
Electrons in the outer level: 4
Reactivity: Varies among the elements.
Other shared properties: Solids at room temperature.
The nonmetal carbon can be found uncombined in nature. Carbon also forms a wide variety of compounds. Some of these compounds, such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, are necessary for living things on earth.
The metalloids silicon and germanium, also in group 14, are used to make computer chips. The metal tin is useful because it is not very reactive. For example, a tin can is really made of steel coated with tin. Because the tin is less reactive than the steel is, the tin keeps the iron in the steel from rusting.
Facts-
~Carbon is the elements for everything on earth.
~It is the 6th element on the periodic table.
~All life on earth depends on carbon.
~It is nearly every biological compound that makes up our bodies, systems, organs, cells, and organelles. When you breathe out, its carbon combined with oxygen. Carbon has been know and used for thousands of years.
~Carbon was never really discovered. Ancient people knew of the black soot left over after a fire and that was carbon.
