Introduction to the Periodic Table

Multiple Choice

Atomic Number tells you what?

• The number of electrons orbiting the nucleus

• The number of protons in the nucleus

• The number of neutrons in the nucleus.

• the number of neutrons and protons in the nucleus.

Multiple Choice

The Modern Periodic Table of Elements is arranged by increasing.........

• atomic mass

• atomic number

• valence electrons

• isotopes

Multiple Select

Choose all the items that are elements. (More than one is allowed)

• NaCl (table salt)

• Sulphur

• water ( $$H_2O$$ )

• Air

• $$O_2$$ (oxygen gas)

Multiple Select

Choose all the items that are compounds. (More than one is allowed)

• NaCl (table salt)

• Sulphur

• water ( $$H_2O$$ )

• Air

• $$O_2$$ (oxygen gas)

Multiple Choice

Choose all the items that are mixtures. (More than one is allowed)

• NaCl (table salt)

• Sulphur

• water ( $$H_2O$$ )

• Air

• $$O_2$$ (oxygen gas)

Multiple Choice

The vertical (up and down) columns in the Periodic Table are called:

• groups

• periods

• towers

• atomic numbers

Multiple Choice

A horizontal row in a periodic table is called a .....

• period

• group

• column

• family

Multiple Choice

If elements in the same group have similar properties, which element is similar to Li?

• Be

• K

Multiple Choice

If elements in the same group have similar properties, which element is similar to Mg

• Ca

• B

Multiple Choice

If elements in the same group have similar properties, which element is similar to F?

• Ne

• Cl

Multiple Choice

Elements in a ..................have similar chemical properties.  

• period

• group

• row

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the sequence of the elements in period 5, from left to right of the periodic table?

• very reactive metals, relatively non-reactive metals, metalloids, reactive non-metals, nonreactive gases.

• non-reactive gases, reactive non-metals, metalloids, relatively non-reactive metals, very reactive metals

Multiple Choice

Beryllium is in group number....

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

• Group 7

Multiple Choice

The period for bromine is....

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 1

Multiple Choice

What element is found in group 16 and period 3?

• Sulphur

• Selenium

• Chlorine

• Carbon

Multiple Choice

What element is found in group 18 and period 4?

• Neon (Ne)

• Krypton (Kr)

• Chlorine (Cl)

• Xenon (Xe)

Multiple Choice

If elements in the same group have similar properties, which element is similar to He?

• H

• Ar

Alkali metals (not H)

Alkaline earth metals

Transition metals

Halogens

Noble gases

Inner transition

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Metalloids

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Metallic or Non-Metallic Character

The position of an element is related to is metallic or non-metallic character

Multiple Choice

Which is an alkali metal?

• Magnesium

• Iron

• Sodium

• Europium

Multiple Choice

Which group of the periodic table is composed of inert (not reactive)  gases?

• alkali metals

• alkaline earth metals

• halogens

• noble gases

Multiple Choice

Name this group: These metals are the most reactive.

Multiple Choice

Which is a halogen?

• Helium

• Chlorine

• Oxygen

• Neptune

Multiple Choice

Which element is the least reactive?

• Li

• Ne

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

Name this group:These metals contain familiar metals such as gold, iron, and copper.

Multiple Choice

I am a metal

I am in group 2

I am in period 6

I am.....

• Cu

• Re

• S

• Ba

Multiple Choice

I am a nonmetal

I am in period 2

I am in group 16

• Beryllium

• Oxygen

• Silicon

• Sulphur

Multiple Choice

Name this group: These metals are the second most reactive.

Multiple Choice

Find an element with similar chemical properties to Barium (Ba).

• Ca and Y, as they are 90 degree angle and have similiar properties.

• Ca and Ra, because they are in the same group and have similar chemical properties.

• Cs and La, as they are in the same period/row.

Multiple Choice

Students are investigating a material that has these properties..

1. Shiny

2. Bends easily (malleable)

3. Hard

4. Conducts electricity

Based on these properties, how would you classify the material?

• metal

• metaloid

• non-metal