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Periodic Trends - AP Chemistry

Authored by Jason Perrin

Chemistry

9th - 12th Grade

31 Questions

NGSS covered

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Periodic Trends - AP Chemistry
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Looking at this comprehensive quiz, I can see it covers periodic trends in chemistry, specifically focusing on electronegativity, ionization energy, atomic radius, and their relationships across periods and down groups. This material is appropriate for grades 11-12, particularly for Advanced Placement Chemistry students. The questions require students to understand how atomic structure influences periodic properties, including the effects of nuclear charge, electron shielding, and electron configuration on atomic behavior. Students must demonstrate mastery of fundamental concepts such as effective nuclear charge, orbital filling patterns (s, p, d, f blocks), and the inverse relationships between properties like atomic radius and ionization energy. The quiz demands both conceptual understanding and application skills, as students must predict property values, compare elements across different periods and groups, and explain the underlying atomic theory that governs these trends. Created by Jason Perrin, a Chemistry teacher in the US who teaches grades 9-12. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment during your periodic trends unit, allowing you to gauge student understanding before moving to more complex bonding concepts. I recommend using individual questions as daily warmups to reinforce specific trends, or deploying the complete quiz as a comprehensive review before unit exams. The variety of question formats makes it particularly effective for homework assignments where students can work through problems at their own pace and identify areas needing additional study. This assessment aligns with AP Chemistry Learning Objectives 1.7-1.10 and supports Next Generation Science Standards HS-PS1-1, as it requires students to use the periodic table as a model to predict properties and explain periodic trends based on atomic structure and electron configuration patterns.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following will have a higher electronegativity than arsenic (As)?

Oxygen (O)

Neon (Ne)

Antimony (Sb)

Germanium (Ge)

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following will have a lower ionization energy than Scandium (Sc)?

Helium (He)
Titanium (Ti)
Calcium (Ca)
Magnesium (Mg)

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As you move down the periodic table atoms get bigger.  This is because ____________.

The atoms have more mass.
The atoms have more protons.
The atoms have more energy levels
The atoms have more nuetrons

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As you move across the periodic table atoms tend to get smaller because, ______________.

the atoms have more mass.
the atoms have less mass
the atoms have more protons.
the atoms have less electrons.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Atoms that have a high electronegativity, _______________.

give up their electrons more easily.
hold on to their electrons more tightly.
have more electron shells.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Ionization energy is...

the energy required to add an electron to a specific atom
how much energy it takes to remove an electron from an atom
the energy required to shield the outer electrons from the nucleus
a measure of the ability of an atom to attract electrons

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The atom with the largest atomic radius in Group 18 is - 

Ar
He
Kr
Rn

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

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