Student Copy Periodic Table Quiz

What is your first and last name?

A(n) ____________________________________________ is a pure substance made of only one type of atom.

• proton
• neutron
• periodic table
• element

2. Where are protons and neutrons located in an atom?

• in the nucleus
• with the electrons
• periodic table
• in the electron shells

3. Where are electrons located in an atom?

• in the nucleus
• with the electrons
• periodic table
• in the electron shells

4. What is the name of the Scientist who organized the first periodic table?

• Marco Polo
• Albert Einstein
• Ernest Rutherford
• Dimitri Mendeleev

5. How was the first periodic table organized.

• The elements were arranged by lightest atomic mass to heaviest atomic mass
• The elements were arranged by heaviest atomic mass to lightest atomic mass

6. The __________________________________________ is the abbreviation for an element on the periodic table.

• element symbol
• atomic number
• element name
• atomic mass

7. The __________________________________________ is the number of protons in one atom of an element on the periodic table.

• atomic number
• element name
• atomic mass
• element symbol

8. How many electrons are in the inner most electron shell?

• 2
• 1
• 0

9. How do you calculate how many neutrons an atom has?

• atomic number- atomic mass
• atomic mass - atomic number