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periodic table

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
As you move down the periodic table atoms get bigger.  This is because ____________.
a)
The atoms have more mass.
b)
The atoms have more protons.
c)
The atoms have more energy levels
d)
The atoms have more neutrons
2.
As you move across the periodic table atoms tend to get smaller because, ______________.
a)
the atoms have more mass.
b)
the atoms have less mass
c)
the atoms have more protons.
d)
the atoms have less electrons.
3.

Electronegativity is...

a)

the ability of an atom to attract bonding electrons

b)

the ability of an atom to lose electrons

c)

the energy required to remove an electron from a specific atom

d)

how easy it is to make friends.

4.
Which statement correctly and completely identifies a trend?
a)
Atomic radius decreases across a period and increases down a group.
b)
Electronegativity decreases across a period and decreases down a group.
c)
Ionization energy increases across a period and increases down a group.
d)
Ionic radius increases across a period and increases down a group.
5.
Sodium (Na) and potassium (K) are in the same group on the periodic table. Based on their locations, which statement about sodium and potassium is true?
a)
Sodium is less electronegative than potassium. 
b)
Sodium has fewer energy levels than potassium. 
c)
Sodium has a larger ionic radius than potassium. 
d)
Sodium has lower ionization energy than potassium. 
6.
Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine all have the same number of valence electrons and have a tendency to gain electrons. Which element has the greatest ionization energy and electronegativity?
a)
fluorine
b)
chlorine 
c)
bromine 
d)
iodine 
7.
What is the group number of this atom?
a)
2
b)
7
c)
14
d)
15
8.
Is silicon a metal, nonmetal or metalloid?
a)
Metal
b)
NonMetal
c)
Metalloid
9.

How the elements are arrange in the periodic table?

a)

according to alphabetical order

b)

according to increasing atomic size

c)

according to increasing molar mass

d)

according to increasing proton number

10.

Why sodium (Na) and Lithium (Li) come from the same group?

a)

Both have the same value of principle quantum number (n)

b)

Both have the same number of valence electrons

c)

Both are metal elements

d)

Both are basic oxide

11.

Identify GROUP, PERIOD and BLOCK for an element with electronic configuration:

1s22s22p63s23p6

a)

GROUP :6

PERIOD : 3

BLOCK : p

b)

GROUP :8

PERIOD : 3

BLOCK : p

c)

GROUP :16

PERIOD : 3

BLOCK : p

d)

GROUP :18

PERIOD : 3

BLOCK : p

12.

Which element has an oxidation number -2

a)

1s22s22p2

b)

1s22s22p4

c)

1s22s2

d)

1s22s22p63s2

13.

Why 6C and 8O located in the same period?

a)

both have the same number of valence electron

b)

both have the same highest principle quantum number

c)

both come from the same block

d)

both are non-metal element

14.

Given:

W : 1s22s22p63s2


State the formula for oxide W.

a)

WO

b)

W2O

c)

WO2

d)

W2O2

15.

ELEMENT : K

GROUP :4

PERIOD : 4


Propose an electronic configuration for elemet K.

a)

1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p4

b)

1s22s22p63s23p63d44s2

c)

1s22s22p63s23p63d24s2

d)

1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p2

16.

Alkaline metal are the elements from:

a)

Group 1

b)

Period 1

c)

Group 2

d)

Group 1 and Group 2

17.

Which of the following causes ionisation energy to increase when going across period 3 from left to right?

I.Increase in shielding effect

II . Decrease in atomic radius

III. Increase in nuclear charge

a)

II and III only

b)

I only

c)

I and II only

d)

I,II and III

18.

Choose the correct order in increasing ionic radii from the set below

a)

Al3+; Mg2+, Na+ ; O2-

b)

O2-; Na+; Mg2+, Al3+

c)

Na+; Mg2+; Al3+; O2-

d)

O2-; Al3+, Mg2+; Na+

19.

Na2O is classify as

a)

acidic oxide

b)

amphoteric oxide

c)

basic oxide

d)

neutral oxide

20.

The first seven ionisation energies of element M are 786, 1577, 3229, 4356, 16080, 19790 and 23780 kJmol-1. In the Periodic Table, element M is in group

a)

3

b)

4

c)

12

d)

14