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Lesson 8 Reading — Why Is the Periodic Table of the Elements Imp

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a store things are _______________ based on certain characteristics. Different kinds of bread are all in the same aisle.

a)

donated

b)

organized

c)

worked

d)

celebrated

2.

Food in a ____________ store is arranged in a way that works for the characteristics of the items.

a)

tire

b)

grocery

c)

organ

d)

music

3.

All elements have ______________ like color, texture, and hardness

a)

pride

b)

properties

c)

pumpkins

d)

personalities

4.

In 1869 _____________, a chemist, created the first periodic table as a way to organize all 61 elements known at that time.

a)

Albert Eistein

b)

Dmitri Mendeleev

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Thomas Edison

5.

The periodic table of the elements is a way that scientists organize ___________ according to important characteristics.

a)

elephants

b)

elements

c)

eggs

d)

atoms

6.

The modern periodic table has more than ________ elements. In fact, new elements are still being discovered.

a)

1

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1,000

7.

In class you have been examining elements. You have learned that each _______________ is made up of only one type of atom.

a)

elephant

b)

element

c)

egg

d)

atom

8.

Gold is made of only __________ atoms.

a)

silver

b)

gold

c)

some

d)

nickel

9.

Hydrogen is made of only hydrogen atoms.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Hydrogen is a nonmetal.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

You have already studied the _____________ oxygen and used a capital O when you wrote about it in class.

a)

liquid

b)

element

c)

solid

d)

green

12.

What is the chemical symbol for the element hydrogen

a)

H

b)

He

c)

h

d)

he

13.

What is the chemical symbol for the element oxygen

a)

O

b)

Oxy

c)

ox

d)

Oy

14.

What is the chemical symbol for the element Silver

a)

S

b)

Si

c)

Au

d)

Ag

15.

What is the chemical symbol for the element Gold

a)

G

b)

go

c)

AU

d)

Au

16.

What is the chemical symbol for the element Zinc

a)

Z

b)

Zn

c)

Zr

d)

zn

17.

What is the chemical symbol for the element Iron

a)

I

b)

Ir

c)

Fe

d)

fe

18.
GOLD
a)
Al
b)
Ag
c)
Ar
d)
Au
19.
COPPER
a)
C
b)
Ca
c)
Cu
d)
Cl
20.
SILVER
a)
Au
b)
Ag
c)
Al
d)
Ar
21.
HYDROGEN
a)
H
b)
He
c)
Hy
d)
Hd
22.
NICKEL
a)
N
b)
Ni
c)
Nc
d)
Nl
23.
ALUMINUM
a)
Al
b)
Au
c)
Ag
d)
Am
24.
OXYGEN
a)
O
b)
Ox
c)
Oy
d)
Og
25.

Elements with the same properties are listed in columns, called ____________ or families.

a)

lines

b)

grapes

c)

piles

d)

groups

26.

Argon (Ar) and xenon (Xe) are in the same family with neon (Ne) and helium (He).

a)

true

b)

false

27.

On the _______________ table of elements, the elements are arranged according to properties related to the mass of their atoms.

a)

periodic

b)

polar

c)

pie

d)

list

28.

The Periodic Table of the Elements is an important tool for chemists who use and study different ___________________.

a)

masses

b)

volumes

c)

materials

d)

broups

29.

Each pure substance has characteristic physical and chemical properties (for any bulk quantity under given conditions) that can be used to identify it.

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Each element is made up of only one type of atom.

a)

true

b)

false

31.

Each element is listed by its name and its chemical symbol. The name of each element distinguishes one from another; the properties of each ______________ one from another.

a)

dish

b)

distinguish

c)

ditto

32.

Each group of elements with similar properties is listed in columns (called groups or _________________).

a)

farms

b)

families

c)

bands

33.

The ____________ is a basic particle of all elements.

a)

sky

b)

atom

34.

Each element is made up of only one type of atom. Each ____________________ is listed by its name and its chemical symbol.

a)

atom

b)

element

35.

The name of each element distinguishes one from another; the properties of each distinguish one from another.

a)

true

b)

false

36.

Each group of elements with similar properties is listed in columns (called __________________or families).

a)

populations

b)

groups

c)

communities

37.

Latin name for iron is ferrum. Iron’s chemical symbol is _____. Elements that were named long ago still keep their Latin symbols.

a)

F

b)

Fe

c)

Fer

d)

Ferr