WorksheetsThe Periodic Table
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
As one of the crowning achievements of human thought, what is the most important table ever?
a)
the table where they signed the Declaration of Independence
b)
the stone table of Aslan
c)
any table of contents
d)
the periodic table of elements
2.
Where was Mendeleev born and raised until the age of 13?
a)
in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine
b)
near Tobolsk, in Siberia
c)
in Saint Petersburg, Russia
d)
in Moscow, Russia
3.
After traveling 1600 miles on horseback with his mother, where did Mendeleev attend university?
a)
in St. Petersburg
b)
in Moscow
c)
in Siberia
d)
in Ukraine
4.
In the 1860's, how many elements were known to mankind?
a)
about 20
b)
about 40
c)
about 60
d)
about 80
5.
In the 1860's most scientists were organizing the elements by their _____
a)
atomic weights
b)
density
c)
chemical properties
d)
physical properties
6.
Mendeleev realized that chemical characteristics repeated _____
a)
at odd numbered intervals
b)
every seven elements
c)
every eight elements
d)
every nine elements
7.
In Mendeleev's time, which major family of elements had not yet been discovered?
a)
the alkali metals
b)
the alkaline earth metals
c)
the halogens
d)
the noble gases
8.
In modern times, we know that chemical characteristics repeat _____
a)
at odd numbered intervals
b)
every seven elements
c)
every nine elements
d)
every eight elements
9.
While obsessed with organizing the elements, Mendeleev realized that he was _____
a)
focusing on the wrong characteristics
b)
not reading his science journals
c)
not publishing papers
d)
missing element cards
10.
Mendeleev inserted gaps in the periodic table to represent _____
a)
the rare earth elements
b)
the noble gases
c)
elements that hadn't been discovered yet
d)
elements that didn't fit the trends
11.
At the far left of the periodic table, we have the soft, shiny, extremely reactive _____
a)
alkali metals
b)
alkaline earth metals
c)
transition metals
d)
metalloids
12.
Alkali metals want nothing more than to dump off an electron and form a _____
a)
positive ion, or cation
b)
positive ion, or anion
c)
negative ion, or cation
d)
negative ion, or anion
13.
Second from the left on the periodic table, we have the reactive _____
a)
alkali metals
b)
alkaline earth metals
c)
transition metals
d)
metalloids
14.
Alkaline earth metals tend to lose electrons to form _____
a)
anions with one negative charge
b)
anions with two negative charges
c)
cations with one positive charge
d)
cations with two positive charges
15.
The middle area of the table is made up of a nice, solid rectangle of _____
a)
alkali metals
b)
alkaline earth metals
c)
transition metals
d)
metalloids
16.
The majority of elements are malleable, good conductors, and are classified as _____
a)
metals
b)
nonmetals
c)
semimetals
d)
metalloids
17.
Second from the right is a set of extremely reactive gases called _____
a)
halogens
b)
noble gases
c)
chalcogens
d)
lanthanides
18.
Halogens make up a set of extremely reactive gases that form negative ions, or _____
a)
anions, with one negative charge
b)
anions, with two negative charges
c)
cations, with one positive charge
d)
cations, with two positive charges
19.
The rectangle between the halogens and the transition metals contain elements involved in _____
a)
covalent organic chemistry
b)
ionic organic chemistry
c)
covalent inorganic chemistry
d)
ionic inorganic chemistry
20.
Down below, in their own little island, are the _____
a)
lanthanides and ceriumides
b)
ceriumides and thoriumides
c)
lanthanides and actinides
d)
actinides and thoriumides
21.
On the far right, undiscovered when Mendeleev built his chart, are the unreactive _____
a)
kingly gases
b)
noble gases
c)
regal gases
d)
imperial gases
22.
The periodicity of elements is a physical phenomenon. It's a function of _____
a)
protons
b)
neutrons
c)
electrons
d)
photons
23.
The lanthanides and actinides should be part of the table, but we separate them out because _____
a)
they are rarely found in nature
b)
it's hard to fit the result on a piece of paper
c)
they are produced only in a lab
d)
they don't form ions
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