Periodic Table Exam Review

What are the vertical columns on the periodic table called?

• Groups

• Periods

• Elements

• Valence electrons

Which group of elements are nonreactive due to already being chemically stable?

• Group 17

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 18

What are the horizontal rows on the periodic table called?

• Valence electrons

• Elements

• Periods

• Groups

Which classification of elements are shiny, silvery solids and good conductors of heat and electricity?

• Transition metals

• Metalloids

• Nonmetals

• Metals

Which classification of elements are gases or dull brittle solids and poor conductors?

• Transition metals

• Metals

• Nonmetals

• Metalloids

Which classification of elements are solids, semi-conductors, and have physical properties like metals and chemical properties like nonmetals?

• Transition metals

• Metalloids

• Nonmetals

• Metals

Match the following group names:

• Rare earth metals

• Group 1

• Noble gases

• Group 17

• Alkaline earth metals

• Group 18

• Alkali metals

• Group 2

• Halogens

• Group 3

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Metals

,

(b) Nonmetals

,

(c) Metalloids

• poor conductors

• gases, or dull brittle solids

• solids

• right of the metalloids

• good conductors of heat and electricity

• semi-conductors

• malleable and ductile

• located ot the left of the metalloids

• physcial properties like metals

• shiny, silvery solids

• chemical properties like nonmetals

The Modern Periodic Table of Elements is arranged by

• atomic mass
• atomic number
• valence electrons
• number of isotopes

What does the 6 represent?

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