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Unit 2: The Periodic Table & Electrons

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is credited with creating the periodic table of elements?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Niels Bohr

c)

Enrico Fermi

d)

Dmitri Mendeleev

2.

The vertical (up and down) columns in the Periodic Table are called (a)   .

3.

The Modern Periodic Table of Elements is arranged by

a)

atomic mass

b)

atomic number

c)

number of neutrons

d)

number of isotopes

4.

Sodium (Na) is found in period (a)   .

5.

Sodium (Na) is found in group (a)   .

6.

The horizontal (side to side) rows in the Periodic Table are called (a)   .

7.

What is the name of group 1 on the periodic table?

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

noble gases

d)

halogens

8.

What is the name of group 2 on the periodic table?

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

noble gases

d)

transition metals

9.

Group 18 is also know as the _____ _____.

(a)  

10.

Groups 3-12 on the periodic table are known as the _____ _____.

(a)  

11.

What is the name of group 17 on the periodic table?

a)

transition metals

b)

metalloids

c)

halogens

d)

alkali metals

12.

Which one of these elements will have a larger atomic radius than Zinc?

a)
Gallium
b)
Aluminum
c)
Magnesium
d)
Strontium
13.

Which of these elements will have a lower ionization energy than Scandium (Sc)?

a)
Helium (He)
b)
Titanium (Ti)
c)
Calcium (Ca)
d)
Magnesium (Mg)
14.

As you move down a group on 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

15.

As you move left to right 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.

16.
Ionization energy is...
a)
the energy required to add an electron to a specific atom
b)
how much energy it takes to remove an electron from an atom
c)
the energy required to shield the outer electrons from the nucleus
d)
a measure of the ability of an atom to attract electrons
17.

Which periodic group has the smallest atomic radius?

a)
Alkali metals
b)
Halogens
c)
Noble Gases
d)
Transition metals
18.

What atom has this electron configuration? 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d10

(a)  

19.

Which electron configuration represents oxygen (O)?

a)

1s22s22p63s2 3p64s23d104p5

b)

1s22s22p4

c)

1s22s22p6

d)

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d1

20.

The first energy level can hold _ electrons.

(a)  

21.

The electron configuration of an atom is 1s22s22p6.  The total number of electrons in the atom is _.

(a)  

22.

This orbital diagram represents:  

(a)  

23.

This orbital diagram represents the element (a)   (name or symbol). 

24.
What is incorrect about this orbital diagram?
a)
Both arrows in the 2p box should be pointing up
b)
There is nothing incorrect with this diagram
c)
In the there should only be 1 orbital in the first 2p box and one in the 2nd 2p box
d)
All the arrows should be pointing up.
25.

How many electrons can a 'd' sublevel hold?

a)

14

b)

10

c)

2

d)

6

26.

How many electrons can the 's' sublevel hold?

a)
14
b)
10
c)
2
d)
6
27.

How many electrons can the 'p' sublevel hold?

a)
14
b)
10
c)
2
d)
6
28.

Which rule/principle states that an electron should be placed in the lowest energy orbital that can receive it?

a)
Hund’s rule
b)
Pauli exclusion principle
c)

Bohr rule

d)
Aufbau principle
29.

Which rule/principle states that all orbitals of equal energy are occupied by one electron before any single orbital is occupied by a second electron.

a)
Aufbau principle
b)
Pauli exclusion principle
c)
Hund’s rule
d)

Bohr rule

30.

Which rule/principle states that no two electrons in the same atom can have the same spin (arrows facing the same direction).

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund’s rule

d)

Bohr rule

31.

What is the abbreviated noble gas configuration for Sulfur?

a)

[Ar] 3p4

b)

[He] 3s2 3p4

c)

[Ne] 3s2 3p4

d)

[Na] 3s2 3p4

32.
What is the noble gas configuration for Neon?
a)
[Ne]
b)
[He]2s22p6
c)
[F]2p1
d)
[Ne]2s21p6
33.

This could be the dot diagram of _____.

a)

Mg

b)

Cl

c)

C

d)

O

34.

What are valence electrons?

a)

The total number of electrons in an atom

b)

The number of electrons in the outermost shell

c)

The number of electrons in the second shell

d)

The number of protons in the outermost shell

35.

This could be the dot diagram of _____.

a)
P
b)
Ar
c)
Na
d)
B
36.

This could be the dot diagram of an element with the atomic number

a)

8

b)

31

c)

19

d)

36

37.

A (a)   is a subatomic particle with a neutral charge.

38.

A _ is a subatomic particle with a positive charge.

(a)  

39.

This atom has _ valence electrons.

(a)  

40.

The atomic number of this element is _.

(a)  

41.

The 2nd energy level for any Bohr Model can hold a maximum of (a)   electrons?

42.

The mass number of this atom of Chlorine is_.

(a)  

43.

If an atom of Fluorine has 10 neutrons, which of the following is FALSE?

a)

The mass number is 19.

b)

There are 10 total electrons.

c)

There are 7 valence electrons.

d)

There are 9 protons.

44.

_____ _____ simplify the Bohr Model by showing only the outer valence electrons.

(a)  

45.

Write the electron configuration for Chlorine (Cl). Use the following format: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 etc.

(a)  

46.
Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and nonmetals. What type of element is Silicon? 
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
d)
Pretty
47.

Of the three kinds of elements, which is the least conductive?

a)

metal

b)

metalloid

c)

non-metal

48.
Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of luster (shiny)?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
metalloids
d)
Both metals and metalloids
49.

An (a)   is a subatomic particle with a negative charge.

50.
Which of the following is a property of a non-metal?
a)
Conducts electricity and heats well
b)
Can be hammered into thin sheets
c)
Is brittle and breaks easily
d)
Has a shiny, metallic luster