Multiple choice

Why were there blank spaces in Mendeleev’s periodic table?

  1. represented undiscovered elements

  2. represented nothing

  3. represented elements he never put in

  4. represented discovered elements
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Explanation

Mendeleev left gaps in his table to account for elements that had not yet been discovered, predicting their properties based on the trends of the table.

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