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WorksheetsElements and Their Properties Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What state of matter do all but one metal exist in at room temperature?
a)
gas
b)
liquid
c)
plasma
d)
solid
2.
What are metals good conductors of?
a)
air and light
b)
light and electricity
c)
heat and electricity
d)
air and heat
3.
What category of elements is malleable and ductile?
a)
metalloids
b)
nonmetals
c)
metals
d)
noble gases
4.
What does it mean for a metal to be malleable?
a)
can be drawn into wires
b)
hammered into thin sheets, or rolled/pressed
c)
can be scratched
d)
shiny
5.
What does it mean for a metal to be ductile?
a)
can be hammered into thin sheets
b)
reacts with noble gases
c)
can be drawn into wires
d)
can be scratched
6.
What group are the alkaline earth metals in on the periodic table?
a)
group 1A
b)
group 2A
c)
group 7A
d)
group 8 A
7.
What is another name for elements in groups 3-12 on the periodic table?
a)
halogens
b)
transition metals
c)
alkali metals
d)
carbon family
8.
What group of metals each has only two valence electrons?
a)
alkali metals
b)
halogens
c)
alkaline earth metals
d)
noble gases
9.
What are metallic bonds?
a)
bonds with metallics
b)
negatively charged electrons surrounded by positively charged protons
c)
positively charged metallic ions surrounded by a sea of electrons
d)
actinides
10.
What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature?
a)
gold
b)
silver
c)
mercury
d)
platinum
11.
What three metals are in the iron triad?
a)
gold, silver, and platinum
b)
Iron, Carbon, and Nickel
c)
Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel
d)
Aluminum, Potassium, and Bears. Oh My!
12.
Which family of elements contains the most reactive metals?
a)
Halogens
b)
Noble Gases
c)
Alkali Metals
d)
Alkaline Earth Metals
13.
Which category of metals contains mostly radioactive elements?
a)
Carbon Family
b)
Actinides
c)
Alkali Metals
d)
Noble Gases
14.
What are the major properties of the alkali metals?
a)
Dull, poor conductors
b)
Shiny, malleable, good conductors, and soft
c)
brittle, semiconductors
d)
dull and decent conductors
15.
What are the major properties of the alkaline earth metals?
a)
doesn't give up electrons easily, brittle
b)
gives up electrons easily, used in a lot of commercial products
c)
unreactive gases
d)
reactive gases
16.
Where are the transition metals located on the periodic table?
a)
Far right column 1A
b)
Far left column 8A
c)
Dropped down section in groups 3-12
d)
Bottom two rows only
17.
What are the major properties of the actinides?
a)
gaseous form only
b)
stable and shiny
c)
brittle and bitter tasting
d)
radioactive and unstable
18.
What are the major properties of the lanthanides?
a)
brittle, gaseous
b)
shiny, liquid form only
c)
metals are very different and abundant
d)
all of them are similar metals, and rare
19.
Which element is represent by -H?
a)
Helium
b)
Hallotrope
c)
Hafnium
d)
Hydrogen
20.
What is the chemical symbol for Beryllium?
a)
Ba
b)
B
c)
Be
d)
By
21.
Which element is represent by the chemical symbol - C?
a)
cobalt
b)
oxygen
c)
vanadium
d)
carbon
22.
Which element is represent by the chemical symbol - O?
a)
Osmium
b)
Oregonium
c)
Oxygen
d)
Osmosis
23.
What is the chemical symbol for Lithium?
a)
Lt
b)
L
c)
Lo
d)
Li
24.
What element is represented by the symbol - N?
a)
Neodymium
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Nonetium
d)
Neptunium
25.
Metalloids
a)
are great conductors of heat and electricity, all of the time
b)
conduct electricity only under certain conditions
c)
are floppy
d)
are noble gases
26.
The most unreactive group of elements is the
a)
Halogens
b)
Alkali Earth Metals
c)
Alkaline Earth Metals
d)
Noble Gases
27.
The element represented by the chemical symbol - Na
a)
Potassium
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Sodium
d)
Helium
28.
Luster is the property of metals that
a)
enables them to be hammered into thin sheets
b)
enables them to be drawn into wires
c)
is there appearance of being shiny
d)
makes them brittle
29.
B is the chemical symbol of the element
a)
Borax
b)
Beryllium
c)
Boron
d)
Carbon
30.
Cu is the symbol for...
a)
Carbon
b)
Coper
c)
Chlorine
d)
Copper
31.
The symbol for Iron is....
a)
I
b)
fe
c)
Ir
d)
Fe
32.
Aluminum has the symbol....
a)
A
b)
Alu
c)
al
d)
Al
33.
Chlorine has the symbol
a)
C
b)
Cr
c)
Cl
d)
Ch
34.
Ne is the element
a)
Nitrogen
b)
neone
c)
Neon
d)
Zinc
35.
Each column in the periodic table is called a
a)
period
b)
group
c)
cluster
d)
unit
36.
The atomic number tells you what?
a)
number of electrons
b)
number of protons
c)
number of neutrons
d)
both electrons and protons in an atom.
37.
Which is a halogen?
a)
Helium
b)
Chlorine
c)
Oxygen
d)
Neptune
38.
The alkali metals have how many valence electrons?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
7
d)
8
39.
All the elements on the right side of the periodic table are called..
a)
Metals
b)
Metalloid
c)
Nonmetals
40.
________ are the COLUMNS on the periodic table and are organized by similar properties.
a)
Classifications
b)
Groups
c)
Periods
d)
Elements
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