Pop Quiz PS8.1 Periodic Table

What does the periodic table provide information about?

• Mathematical formulas

• Different elements

• Physics laws

• Chemical reactions

If an element is neutral, what can be said about its protons and electrons?

• It has the same number of protons and electrons

• 
  It has more electrons than protons

• It has no protons or electrons

• It has more protons than electrons

What does the color green represent on the periodic table?

• Metalloids

• Nonmetals

• 
  Noble gases

• Metals

What does the atomic number of an element indicate?

• The number of neutrons

• The number of protons and neutrons

• The number of protons

• The number of electrons and neutrons

How is the mass number of an element calculated?

• By adding the number of protons and electrons

• By adding the number of neutrons and electrons

• By adding the number of protons and neutrons

• By adding the number of electrons and photons

How is the periodic table primarily organized?

• By chemical reactivity

• By electron configuration

• By atomic number

• By atomic mass

What do elements in the same column of the periodic table have in common?

• Same atomic mass

• Same number of neutrons

• Same number of valence electrons

• Same number of protons

Rows on the periodic table are called...

• groups

• periods

• families

• shells

How do you find out the number of protons in an atom?

• atomic number

• atomic mass

• charge

• atomic mass - atomic number

All matter is made of _________. 

• energy 

• atoms 

• electrons 

• compounds 

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