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Periodic Table Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

Elements in the periodic table are listed according to:

a)

mass

b)

number of electrons

c)

atomic number

d)

density

2.

Columns in the periodic table are called

a)

keys

b)

groups

c)

periods

d)

series

3.

Which element type is not found naturally on Earth and is made in a lab?

a)

Metalloids

b)

Synthetics

c)

Liquids

d)

Actinides

4.

Which elements are good conductors of thermal and electrical energy?

a)

Nonmetals

b)

Metals

c)

Metalloids

d)

All Elements

5.

What are the names for the bottom two rows below the main table in the picture?

a)

Main-block transition elements

b)

Metalloids

c)

Synthetic Series

d)

Lanthanide and Actinide Series

6.

Which element is the best conductor?

a)

Sodium

b)

Potassium

c)

Mercury

d)

Copper

7.

The metallic properties of elements tend to decrease...

a)

as you go right across a period

b)

as you go left across a period

c)

as you go down a group

d)

as you go up a group

8.

Which option is true of most metals?

a)

dull/ not shiny

b)

gas at room temperature

c)

good insulator

d)

solid at room temperature

9.

Which is true of alkali metals?

a)

silvery appearance

b)

more dense than other metals

c)

low reactivity

d)

high ionization energy

10.

The human body has which element in the highest amount?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon

c)

nitrogen

d)

hydrogen

11.

Halogens are

a)

the nonmetal group closest to the noble gases

b)

metals in the third group

c)

another name for the transition elements

d)

liquid at room temperature

12.

Metals react with Halogens to form

a)

metalloids

b)

salts

c)

mixtures

d)

synthetics

13.

The Noble Gases

a)

are the most reactive elements

b)

are the bottom rows of the periodic table

c)

can only react under special conditions

d)

are all considered transition elements

14.

The most common element in the universe is

a)

carbon

b)

oxygen

c)

hydrogen

d)

helium

15.

the Noble Gases are in

a)

Group 1

b)

Group 18

c)

Row 1

d)

Row 7

16.

The ability to be hammered into a thin sheet is

a)

Ductility

b)

Malleability

c)

Conductivity

d)

Softness

17.

The ability to be stretched into a wire is

a)

Malleability

b)

Ductility

c)

Conductivity

d)

Softness

18.

Which substance is not ductile?

a)

Copper

b)

Gold

c)

Silver

d)

Water

19.

At room temperature, most nonmetals are a

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

20.

At room temperature, most metals are a

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

21.

Which is NOT true of most metals?

a)

Solid at room temperature

b)

good conductors of electricity

c)

shiny luster

d)

good insulators

22.

Luster describes

a)

the ability of an object to reflect light

b)

the ability of an object to stretch into a wire

c)

conductivity of an object

d)

the ability to be hammered into a thin sheet

23.

The chart created by chemists to organize elements by their properties is called the

a)

element list

b)

periodic table

c)

periodic key

d)

periodic elements

24.

Which is not considered one of the three element groups?

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

synthetics

d)

metalloids

25.

at room temperature, nonmetals are usually

a)

gases or brittle solids

b)

liquids

c)

ductile solids

d)

good conductors

26.

Elements with both metallic and nonmetallic properties are called

a)

metalloids

b)

transition metals

c)

halogens

d)

alkaline metals

27.

The atomic mass of mercury is

a)

80

b)

280.59

c)

200.59

d)

120.59

28.

The atomic number of mercury is

a)

80

b)

280.59

c)

200.59

d)

120.59

29.

The atomic symbol for mercury is

a)

80

b)

Hg

c)

200.59

d)

mercury

e)

Me

30.

The majority of the periodic table is

a)

metal

b)

nonmetal

c)

metalloid

d)

transition elements

31.

Which classification is Carbon, atomic number 6?

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Transition Element

32.

Which classification is Hydrogen, atomic number 1?

a)

Metal

b)

Nonmetal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Transition Element

33.

Which element is found in the metalloid classification?

a)

Silicon

b)

Carbon

c)

Aluminum

d)

Bismuth

34.

Which elements are considered semiconductors?

a)

Metalloids

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Alkali Metals

d)

Transition Elements

35.

Elements in group 2 are called

a)

Lanthanides

b)

Actinides

c)

Alkaline earth metals

d)

Alkali Metals