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Periodic Table Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who made the first version of the periodic table?

a)

John Newlands

b)

Dimitri Mendeleev

c)

Henry Mosely

d)

Lothar Meyer

2.

Who re-organized the periodic table to its current version.

a)

John Newlands

b)

Lothar Meyer

c)

Dimitri Mendeleev

d)

Henry Mosely

3.

Which is the most abundant group on the periodic table

a)

Metalloids

b)

Noble Gasses

c)

Metals

d)

Nonmetals

4.

Which property isn't a property of metals?

a)

Shiny

b)

Low melting point

c)

malleable

d)

will corrode

5.

Which metal has the lowest melting point?

a)

Sliver

b)

Aluminum

c)

Gallium

d)

Magnesium

6.

How many valence electrons do alkali metals have?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

3

d)

8

7.

What color flame does Lithium Chloride have?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Light Blue

d)

Hot Pink

8.

What does an alkaline metal make when reacting to water

a)

Gas

b)

Base

c)

Acid

d)

Liquid

9.

Which of the following is not a property of transition metals?

a)

Malleability

b)

Low melting point

c)

Have multiple oxidation stages

d)

Good heat and electric conductors

10.

What are halogens?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Noble Gasses

d)

Alkali Metals

11.

How many valence electrons do halogens have?

a)

8

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

12.

Which of these groups is composed of radioactive metals?

a)

Lanthanides

b)

Actinides

c)

Alkali

d)

Alkaline

13.

Which of these is not a property of lanthanide metals?

a)

Silvery-white shiny color

b)

React violently with nonmetals

c)

Low melting points

d)

Oxidize when exposed to air

14.

Which of these describes noble gasses?

a)

Colorless

b)

Odorless

c)

Tasteless

d)

All of the above

15.

Which color represents the lanthanide metals?

a)

Red

b)

Light Pink

c)

Blue

d)

Green

16.

Which color represents the noble gasses

a)

Blue

b)

Yellow

c)

Orange

d)

Red

17.

Which of these react violently with nonmetals?

a)

Alkali

b)

Lanthanides

c)

Halogens

d)

Alkaline

18.

Which group is the least reactive?

a)

Alkaline

b)

Alkali

c)

Actinides

d)

Lanthanides

19.

When making an ion, nonmetals________

a)

donate

b)

steal

c)

accept

d)

exchange

20.

When making an ion, metals _______

a)

Donate

b)

Steal

c)

Accept

d)

Exchange

21.

Which is the softest metal group?

a)

Alkali

b)

Alkaline

c)

Lanthanide

d)

Actinide

22.

What changes about an atom when it becomes an ion?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Atomic mass

c)

Identity

d)

Charge

23.

What is the ionic charge of the atom aluminum?

a)

-3

b)

+3

c)

0

d)

-2

24.

What is the maximum amount of valence electrons an atom can have?

a)

4

b)

7

c)

9

d)

8

25.

How many valence electrons does carbon have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8