Periodic Table Turns 150 Quiz

Who is most often credited for the creation of the periodic table?

• John Newlands

• Henry Moseley

• Antoine Lavoisier

• Dmitri Mendeleev

In what year did Dmitri Mendeleev publish his early form of the periodic table?

• 1789

• 1829

• 1869

• 1913

Which element did Mendeleev predict and call eka-aluminum?

• Nihonium

• Germanium

• Technetium

• Gallium

What technique did Henry Moseley use to develop the modern periodic table?

• Nuclear magnetic resonance

• Electron microscopy

• Mass spectrometry

• X-ray spectroscopy

Which series of elements is located below the main table?

• Alkali metals

• Noble gases

• Lanthanide and actinide series

• Transition metals

What is the main reason hydrogen is grouped with alkali metals?

• It has a single electron in its valence shell

• It is solid at room temperature

• It forms ionic bonds

• It is a metal

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Which element is an example of a super-heavy element that was first discovered in 1998?

• Oganesson

• Tennessine

• Moscovium

• Flerovium

What is the significance of the 'island of stability' theory?

• It accounts for the periodicity of chemical properties

• It describes the arrangement of electrons

• It predicts stable super-heavy elements

• It explains the formation of noble gases

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Which year was proclaimed as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements?

• 2016

• 2019

• 2020

• 2018

Which element did Mendeleev predict and call eka-silicon?

• Gallium

• Technetium

• Germanium

• Nihonium