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Unit 3 Periodic Table

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is credited with inventing the periodic table?
a)
Dmitri Mendeleev
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Ronald McDonald
d)
Dewey Mills
2.
Today’s periodic table arranges the elements by increasing ____________ in such a way that similar properties repeat at periodic intervals.
a)
Representative Elements
b)
transition elements
c)
atomic numbers
d)
groups
3.
A single horizontal row in the periodic table is called a_________________.
a)
group
b)
period
c)
graph
d)
density
4.
Each vertical column in the periodic table is called a ________________.
a)
group
b)
period
c)
graph
d)
density
5.
There are _______periods in the periodic table.
a)
2
b)
4
c)
7
d)
10
6.
There are _________groups in the periodic table.
a)
18
b)
10
c)
6
d)
23
7.
Elements in the same group have similar______________.
a)
transition metals
b)
atomic numbers
c)
chemical and physical properties
d)
colors
8.
_______________is a transition metal that is both ductile and malleable.
a)
hydrogen
b)
carbon
c)
copper
d)
iron
9.
___________ are a group of gases that are very unreactive and do not normally combine with other elements.
a)
oxygen
b)
hydrogen
c)
transition gases
d)
noble gases
10.
When you see white soils in the garden, it is a sign that the ground has high levels of ____________
a)
alkali
b)
water
c)
nitrogen
d)
sulfur
11.
_________are not very shiny, malleable or ductile.
a)
metals
b)
transition metals
c)
alkaline earth metals
d)
nonmetals
12.
___________have properties of both metals and nonmetals.
a)
copper
b)
solids
c)
metalloids
d)
noble gases
13.
Features that are used to describe objects are called__________.
a)
feelings
b)
properties
c)
numbers
d)
observations
14.
Sulfur's properties are that it is bad smelling, a poisonous gas when burned and ____________.
a)
silver
b)
purple
c)
yellow
d)
grey
15.
____________are needed to replenish mineral nutrients depleted from a soil by crop removal or by such natural means as leaching.
a)
ferilizers
b)
soils
c)
herbicides
d)
pesticides
16.
_____________hunger sign is yellowing that starts at the tip and moves along the tips and edges of the plants lowest leaves.
a)
potassium
b)
phosphorous
c)
nitrogen
17.
__________deficiency appears as a firing or drying along the tips and edges of the plants lowest levels.
a)
potassium
b)
phosphorous
c)
nitrogen
18.
___________shortage marks leaves with reddish purple, particularly on young plants.
a)
potassium
b)
phosphorous
c)
nitrogen
19.
The proportions of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium are known as the fertilizer _____________.
a)
chemical
b)
grade
c)
strength
d)
color