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Atoms and the Periodic Table Test Review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 38mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the number at the top of the box called?

a)

atomic number

b)

mass number

c)

atomic weight

d)

valence electrons

2.

What does the number at the top of the box tell you about the atom?

a)

The number of neutrons

b)

The number of protons and neutrons

c)

Then number of energy levels

d)

The number of protons

3.

What is the number at the bottom of the box called?

a)

atomic number

b)

mass number

c)

valence electron

d)

energy levels

4.

What does the number at the bottom of the box tell you?

a)

The number of protons in the nucleus

b)

The number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus

c)

The number of protons and electrons in the nucleus

d)

The number of electrons in the nucleus

5.

When taking the test what should you always do to the mass number?

a)

Nothing. Leave it in the decimal form

b)

Round it to the nearest integer

c)

Divide it by the atomic number.

d)

Add it to the atomic number.

6.

How do you use the periodic table to find the number of neutrons in the flourine atom?

a)

9 + 19

b)

9 - 19

c)

19 - 9

d)

19 / 9

7.

How many protons, neutrons, and electrons are in an atom of magnesium?

a)

12p, 12e, 24n

b)

24p, 24e, 36n

c)

12p, 12e, 12n

d)

24p, 12e, 24n

8.

What is the highest number of valence electrons an atom can have?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10

9.

What part of the atom determines its chemical properties and reactivity?

a)

protons

b)

neutrons

c)

electrons

d)

valence electrons

e)

nucleus

10.

What part of the atom determines its identity?

a)

protons

b)

neutrons

c)

electrons

d)

valence electrons

11.

What does the arrow going across the periodic table represent?

a)

A group

b)

A period

c)

A column

d)

A family

12.

Elements in the same period have the same number of

a)

valence electrons

b)

protons

c)

electrons

d)

energy levels

13.

Which elements listed below have 4 energy levels?

a)

aluminum, silicon, phosphorus

b)

beryllium, magnesium, calcium

c)

potassium, calcium, scandium

d)

carbon, silicon, germanium

14.

What does the arrow going down a column on the periodic table represent?

a)

A group

b)

A period

c)

metals

d)

metalloids

15.

Elements in a Group have the same number of ​ (a)   and similar ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
valence electrons
reactivity
energy levels
protons
electrons
neutrons
16.

Which elements listed below would have similar chemical properties?

a)

nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine

b)

fluorine, chlorine, bromine

c)

hydrogen, lithium, beryllium

d)

aluminum, phosphorus, chlorine

17.

Which element below has 5 valence electrons?

a)

rubidium

b)

vanadium

c)

boron

d)

nitrogen

18.

Which atom below is in the same group as the picture?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

What metal group on the periodic table is the most reactive?

a)

Group 1

b)

Group 2

c)

Group 17

d)

Group 18

20.

Which non-metal group on the periodic table is the most reactive?

a)

Group 1

b)

Group 2

c)

Group 17

d)

Group 18

21.

What group on the periodic table is the least reactive and why?

a)

Group 1, because all of the elements in it have so few valence electrons.

b)

Group 2, because all the elements in it are metals.

c)

Group 17, because it has 17 valence electrons in each element.

d)

Group 18, because all of the elements in this group have a full valence level.

22.

What determines that a group is the LEAST reactive?

a)

It has the fewest number of electrons

b)

tis has the greatest number of electrons

c)

It has 8 valence electrons, or a full outer energy level

d)

It has less than 8 valence electrons

23.

What is a common characteristics of all of the elements in Group 18?

a)

They have fewer than 8 valence electrons

b)

They are all gases

c)

They are all solids

d)

They are all highly reactive

24.

What is the total number of p, n, and e in an atom of neon?

a)

40

b)

20

c)

30

d)

10

25.

An atom of carbon has an atomic number of 6 and a mass number of 12. How many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus?

a)

18

b)

6

c)

24

d)

12

26.

Click on the letter that represents an energy level.

27.

Use your Periodic Table to match the following.

a)
1.

Lithium

b)
2.

Phosphorus

c)
3.

Carbon

d)
4.

Neon

e)
5.

Bromine

28.

Elements that are solid, shiny, good conduuctors of heat and energy, malleable and ductile are ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
metals
nonmetals
metalloids
halogens
Noble gases
29.

Which letter represents the valence electrons?

30.

Elements that are gases, poor conductors, brittle, dull, and good insulators are ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
nonmetals
metalloids
gases
metals
Alkali
Alkaline
31.

Elements that are located along the zigzag line are ​ (a)   and have characteristics of ​ (b)   metals and nonmetals.

Choose from the below words
metalloids
both
neither
some
Noble gases
Alkaline metals
highly reactive
32.

How many valence electrons does this atom have?

33.

What Group is this element in?

34.

What is the name of this element?

a)

oxygen

b)

chromium

c)

sulfur

d)

selenium

35.

What Period is this element in?

36.

Label the parts of the Periodic Table.

37.

Identify where the following atoms would be placed.

38.

Label the Periodic Table with its characteristics.

39.

Match the following

a)

Group 13

1.

Group with 3 valence electrons

b)

Group 18

2.

Group with a full valence shell

c)

Group 2

3.

Group with 2 valence electrons

d)

Group 16

4.

Group with 6 valence electrons

e)

This can't happen!

5.

Group with 10 valence electrons

40.

Click on the element that is a shiny, solid metalloid with 3 VE and 2 energy levels.

41.

Click on the element that is a solid, brittle metalloid with 5 VE and 4 energy levels.

42.

Click on the element that is a colorless gas, nonmetal, with 8 VE and 5 energy levels.

43.

Click on the element that silvery, soft metal with 2 VE and 6 energy levels.

44.
How are elements arranged in the periodic table?
a)
in alphabetical order
b)
in the order in which they were discovered
c)
 in order of increasing atomic number
d)
 in order of increasing melting points
45.

The atomic number of krypton is 36. If the mass number of a krypton atom is 84, how many subatomic particles are inside and outside the nucleus of the krypton atom? Inside there are ​ (a)   and outside there are ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
84
36
120
48
46.

An element is identified as a metal. Which group on the periodic table could it NOT belong to?

a)

Group 2

b)

Group 8

c)

Group 12

d)

Group 18