History of the Periodic Table

History of the Periodic Table

Multiple Choice

The law that states that the repeating chemical and physical properties of elements relate to and depend on the elements' atomic numbers is _______.

• periodic
• period
• periodic table of the elements
• periodic law

Multiple Choice

Having a regular, repeating pattern is called _______.

• periodic
• period
• periodic table of the elements
• periodic law

Multiple Choice

How was Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table organized?

• atomic number

• atomic mass

• it wasn't organized

• nuetrons

Multiple Choice

  Why were there blank spaces left in Mendeleev's periodic table?

•  He didn't know what to put there.

•   Undiscovered elements not yet known.

• Multiple elements could have fit

• He forgot to add the elements in

Multiple Choice

What was Dmitri Mendeleev's greatest contribution to the history of the periodic table?

•   He arranged all of the known elements by their atomic number

• He realized that there was a pattern of reactivity which repeated every 8 elements

• He predicted the existence (and properties) of new elements

• He identified the "law of triads" which became the groups

Multiple Choice

______arranged elements in a periodic table according to the increasing order of atomic number

• John Newlands

• Dimitri Mendeleev

• Henry Moseley

• Lothar Mayer

Multiple Choice

Who suggested that the physical and chemical properties were related to the atomic number, rather than atomic mass?

• Meyer

• Mendeleev

• Moseley

• Newlands

Multiple Choice

In the modern periodic table elements are arranged by:

• atomic mass

• valence electrons

• atomic number

• number of isotopes

Multiple Choice

A __________ goes up and down on the periodic table.

• Group

• Period

Multiple Choice

A _________ goes side to side on the periodic table.

• Group

• Period

Multiple Choice

The _______ tells us how many energy shells an element has.

• group

• period

• atomic number

• element symbol

Multiple Choice

The _________ tells us how many valence electrons an element has.

• Group

• Period

• Atomic Number

• Element

Multiple Choice

There are_______ periods and _________ groups in the periodic table.

• 8, 7

• 18, 7

• 15, 10

• 7, 18

Multiple Choice

Where are the nonmetals located on the Periodic Table?

• On the right

• On the left

• On the stairstep

Multiple Choice

Where are the metals located on the Periodic Table?

• On the right

• On the left

• On the stairstep

Multiple Choice

Where are the metalloids located on the Periodic Table?

• On the right

• On the left

• On the stairsteps