Periodic table basics

›Elements are arranged in ...........of increasing atomic number.

• groups

• periods

• rows

• columns

Rows in the periodic table are known as

• columns

• periods

• groups

• rows

Periods of the periodic table are numbered....

• 1 to 10

• 1 to 7

• 1 to 18

• 1 to 5

›Elements are grouped in .............according to similar properties and electron configurations.

• groups

• periods

• rows

• columns

Groups of the periodic table are numbered....

• 1 to 10

• 1 to 7

• 1 to 18

• 1 to 5

What are the main groups of the periodic table

• metals, non-metals and semi-metals

• anti-metals, non-metals, mixed-metals

• Alkaline metals, transition metals, and halogens

• metalloids, nobel gasses, and the radioactive elements

Select all that are correct about metals

• Gas or liquid at room temperature

• have lustre

• ductile

• brittle

• melt at low temperatures

Select all that are correct about non-metals

• Malleable

• Brittle

• solid at room temperature

• conductive (heat/ electricity)

• melt at low temperatures

Argon is...

• an alkali metal

• unstable

• a noble gas

• in group 18

• in period 2

Zinc is...

• a metal

• a non-metal

• in period 4

• a transition metal

• has an atomic number of 65