The Periodic Table can be divided into nine families of elements each having similar properties. The families include:
Alkali metals
Alkaline metals
The Transition metals
Other metals
Metalloids
Non-metals
Noble gases
Rare Earth
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Families (or groups) are the vertical columns of the periodic table. Period is horizontal rows.
The vertical columns.
The main families of the periodic table are the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, the halogens, and the noble gasses. see them here to view where they are one the periodic table.. hopefully this answers your question.
Metals, Non-metals, metaloids, and gases.
In chemistry, a group (also known as a family) is a vertical column in the periodic table of the chemical elements. There are 18 groups in the standard periodic table.