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Organizing the Elements

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the periodic table?

a)

a chart of the elements

b)

the average mass of all the isotopes of an element

2.

True or False: The elements in the current periodic table are arranged in order of atomic mass.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Who created the first periodic table?

a)

Lothar Mayer

b)

Dmitri Mendeleev

4.

What is the name of this element?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Tin

c)

Sulfur

d)

Magnesium

5.

What is the atomic number of this element?

a)

8

b)

15.999

6.

What is the chemical symbol of this element?

a)

O

b)

Ox

c)

Oy

d)

Og

7.

What is a row of elements on the periodic table called?

a)

period

b)

group

8.

What is a column of elements on the periodic table called?

a)

period

b)

group

9.

The elements in a period have the same or similar properties.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The elements in a group have the same or similar properties.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What does malleable mean?

a)

able to be hammered or bent

b)

ability to move heat and electricity

c)

conducts heat and electricity only sometimes

12.

What is a conductor?

a)

able to be hammered or bent

b)

can move heat and electricity

c)

can move heat and electricity sometimes

13.

What is a semiconductor?

a)

can be hammered or bent

b)

can move heat and electricity

c)

can move heat and electricity sometimes

14.

Reactivity means the ability to bond with other atoms.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which group has the most reactive metals?

a)

Alkali metals

b)

Halogens

16.

Which group has the least reactive gases?

a)

Halogens

b)

Noble gases

17.

Which group has 2 valence electrons?

a)

Transition Metals

b)

Alkaline Earth Metals

18.

Which group has the magnetic elements iron, cobalt, and nickel?

a)

Transition Metals

b)

Alkaline Earth Metals

19.

Which group has very reactive nonmetals like fluorine and chlorine?

a)

Halogens

b)

Noble Gases

20.

Which group has two metals and two metalloids?

a)

Rare Earth Metals

b)

Carbon Family

21.

Which group has the element we need for breathing?

a)

Boron Family

b)

Oxygen Family

22.

Which group of elements contain the most useful semiconductors?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids