C2.5 Periodic Table and metals Quiz

Who was Dmitri Mendeleev?

• An American chemist

• A Russian chemist and inventor

• A German mathematician

• A Russian physicist

What did Dmitri Mendeleev devise in the mid-nineteenth century?

• The laws of thermodynamics

• The periodic table

• The atomic theory

• The theory of relativity

What did the periodic table predict?

• New molecules

• New elements

• Chemical properties of undiscovered elements

• New physical laws

What determines how an element reacts?

• Number of electrons in the outermost shell

• Atomic number

• Mass number

• Number of neutrons

What is the group number of alkali metals?

• Group 7

• Group 8

• Group 2

• Group 1

What is the group number of halogens?

• Group 1

• Group 8

• Group 2

• Group 7

What is the group number of noble gases?

• Group 2

• Group 0

• Group 1

• Group 7

Which side of the periodic table can nonmetals be found?

• All mixed upp in the table

• In the middle

• On the left side

• On the right side

Match the following

Groups:

(a) Metal

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(b) Non-metal

,

(c) Transition metals

• Nitrogen

• Aluminum

• Iron

• Gold

• Sodium

• Chlorine

• Potassium

• Copper

• Carbon

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Properties of metals

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(b) Properties of non-metals

• Brittle

• Insulator

• Shiny

• Lower densities

• Low boiling point

• Conductor of heat
• High melting point
• Malleable
• Low melting point

• Dull in colour

• High boiling point
• Conductor of electricity