Periodic Table Element Classifications

Periodic Table Element Classifications

Assessment

Interactive Video

Chemistry

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial provides a quick guide on distinguishing metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using the periodic table. It explains the stair step division that separates metals and nonmetals, with hydrogen as an exception. The tutorial highlights that most elements are metals and describes metalloids as having properties of both metals and nonmetals. Examples of elements like cobalt, chlorine, and arsenic are given to illustrate the concepts.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary method used in the video to help distinguish between metals, nonmetals, and metalloids?

Color coding

Density measurement

Electron configuration

Using atomic numbers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the stair-step line on the periodic table represent?

The division between solids and liquids

The division between metals and nonmetals

The division between alkali and alkaline earth metals

The division between gases and liquids

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where are nonmetals typically located on the periodic table?

At the bottom

On the right-hand side

In the center

On the left-hand side

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which element is an exception to the general placement of metals and nonmetals on the periodic table?

Hydrogen

Helium

Oxygen

Carbon

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of the periodic table is made up of metals?

50%

70%

90%

30%

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a metalloid?

Silicon

Arsenic

Oxygen

Boron

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Metalloids have properties of which two types of elements?

Nonmetals and liquids

Metals and gases

Metals and nonmetals

Liquids and solids

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