Which is a true statement about Dmitri Mendeleev?
A. Mendeleev created the periodic table in the 1860s.
B. Mendeleev grouped the known elements into four categories: metals, nonmetals, gases, and earths.
C. Mendeleev identified the first 17 elements of the periodic table.
D. Mendeleev organized the elements of the periodic table in the order of decreasing mass.