The Periodic Table Vocabulary and Practice Questions

The Periodic Table

Vocabulary and Practice Questions

• Use your own paper

• Write each term and the definition.

• Do NOT shorten the definitions.

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THEN: Answer the questions on the following slides. Refer to this reading and your vocabulary.

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The weighted average of the atomic masses of the naturally occurring isotopes of an element.

• average atomic mass

• atomic number

• number of isotopes

• mass number

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A one, two, or three letter representation of the name of an element.

• atomic number

• chemical formula

• chemical symbol

• periodic table

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An arrangement of the elements in order of their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties fall in the same column, or group.

• group

• chemical symbol

• periodic table

• malleable

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In chemistry, a horizontal row of elements in the periodic table.

• metal

• period

• metalloid

• group

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Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements.

• Demitri Mendeleev

• Democritus

• JJ Thompson

• Vladimir Putin

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An element that conducts heat and electricity poorly.

• metal

• metalloid

• nonmetal

• malleable

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An electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom and that determines the atom's chemical properties.

• proton

• atom

• valence electron

• cation

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An element that has some characteristics of both metals and nonmetals.

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Having a metallic luster.

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A term used to describe a material that can be pulled out into a long wire.

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An element that is shiny and that conducts heat and electricity well.

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A physical property of metals that defines their ability to be hammered, pressed, or rolled into thin sheets without breaking.

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A vertical column of elements in the periodic table, elements in a group share chemical properties.