Storing Potatoes. 1  1. Sort your potatoes. 2  2. Store healthy potatoes in a dark, dry place. 3  3. Keep the temperature cool.  4. Check your potatoes periodically for signs of 1  spoilage. 5. Cure your potatoes for long-term storage.
A period is a horizontal row in the periodic table. Although groups generally have more significant periodic trends, there are regions where horizontal trends are more significant than vertical group trends, such as the f-block, where the lanthanides and actinides form two substantial horizontal series of elements.
Period 2 and Period 3 both have 8 elements. Other periods are longer. Elements in a period have consecutive atomic numbers. A column of elements down the table is called a group. There are 18 groups in the standard periodic table. Each group has a number: from 1 to 18. Elements in a group have electrons arranged in similar ways, which gives them similar chemical properties (they behave in similar ways).