Matching Pairs Periodic Table Trends VocabOnline version Match the trend description and its name. by Devon Heath 1 Period 2 Group 3 Ionization Energy 4 Electronegativity 5 Nuclear Charge 6 Atomic Radius A measure of how much the positively charged nucleus pulls the negatively charged electrons towards itself in an atom. A measure of how much energy it takes to remove a valence electron from an atom. A measure of the size of an atom. Provides the number of orbitals in an atom. Provides the number of valence electrons on an atom. A measure of how much an atom desires to steal electrons from neighboring or nearby atoms.