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Elements of the Periodic Table

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of element is Mercury?

a)

Metal

b)

Non Metal

c)

Metalloid

2.

What is the Symbol for Gold

a)

Au

b)

Ag

c)

Ar

d)

Go

3.

Draw Mendeleev

4.

Barium is...

a)

Orange

b)

Purple

c)

Dark grey

d)

Silvery white

5.

What can helium be used for?

a)

Nothing

b)

Balloons

6.

Technetium's symbol is

a)

T

b)

Te

c)

Tc

d)

Ti

7.

What colour is Krypton gas?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

No Colour

d)

Purple

8.

Silver is a great...

a)

Insulator

b)

Conductor

c)

Powder

9.

Mendelevium was named after...

(a)  

10.

Which of these elements are a Non-Metal?

a)

Copper

b)

Gold

c)

Oxygen

11.

Helium is...

a)

Very high density

b)

Very low density

c)

Purple

d)

Medium Density

12.
Which of these is a property of metals?
a)
It's malleable
b)
It can't conduct electricity
c)
They are used in food
d)
It's very brittle
13.
Describe what luster means
a)
How an object reflects light
b)
How soft an object is
c)
If an object floats
d)
If an object can be dug out of the earth.
14.
When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer.
a)
luster
b)
malleable
c)
brittleness
d)
ductile
15.
Unlike non-metals, most metals tend to —
a)
conduct electricity and heat well.
b)
be gases at room temperature.
c)
break easily when hammered.
d)
have less luster and shine.
16.

a)

metalloid

b)

nonmetal

c)

metal

d)

alloy

17.

Carbon in your pencil is brittle (breaks easily). It is metal or non-metal?

a)

Metal

b)

Non-metal

18.

Pick the best answer. Non-metals are are found here in the periodic table

a)

Right

b)

Left

c)

Right and middle

d)

Left and middle

19.

Can be drawn into wires...

a)

Malleable

b)

Ductile

c)

Docile

d)

Mandible

20.

Can be hammered into shape...

a)

Malleable

b)

Ductile

c)

Docile

d)

Mandible

21.
Aluminum ore comes from this mineral?
a)
cinnabar
b)
hematite
c)
bauxite
d)
sphalerite
22.

What is an ore?

a)

a solid metal

b)

a rock containing a metal combined with other elements, often oxygen

c)

an element

d)

an object used to row a boat