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Periodic Table Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are atoms of a given element that have different numbers of neutrons and different mass numbers?

a)

halogens

b)

isotopes

c)

utopes

d)

atomics

2.

What is a positively charged subatomic particle that is found in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

electron

b)

positron

c)

neutron

d)

proton

3.

What are the elements in group 8A of the periodic table?

a)

noble gases

b)

alkali metals

c)

alkaline Earth metals

d)

halogens

4.

What is a negatively charged subatomic particle that is found in the space outside the nucleus of an atom?

a)

megatron

b)

electron

c)

protron

d)

neutron

5.

What are the elements in group 7A of the periodic table?

a)

noble gases

b)

alkali metals

c)

halogens

d)

alkaline Earth metals

6.

What is a neutral subatomic particle that is found in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

neutron

b)

proton

c)

nontron

d)

electron

7.

What are the elements in group 2A of the periodic table?

a)

alkali metals

b)

noble gases

c)

halogens

d)

alkaline Earth metals

8.

What is the unique number for each element that equals the number protons in an atom of that element?

a)

scientific number

b)

atomic number

c)

periodic number

d)

elemental number

9.

What is an electron that is in the highest occupied energy level of an atom?

a)

valence electrons

b)

valiant electrons

c)

atomic electrons

d)

periodic electrons

10.

What is the sum of the number of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

atomic number

b)

mass number

c)

periodic number

d)

scientific number

11.

What are elements with properties that fall between those of metals and nonmetals?

a)

liquids

b)

solids

c)

metalloids

d)

gases

12.

What is an arrangement of elements in columns, based on a set of properties that repeat from row to row?

a)

periodic chart

b)

elemental table

c)

elemental chart

d)

periodic table

13.

What are elements that are poor conductors of heat and electric current?

a)

gases

b)

metalloids

c)

nonmetals

d)

solids

14.

What is a row in a periodic table of elements?

a)

comma

b)

category

c)

group

d)

period

15.

What are the elements that form a bridge between elements on the left and right sides of the periodic table?

a)

bridge metals

b)

transformation metals

c)

gap metals

d)

transition metals

16.

What is a column of elements in a periodic table?

a)

category

b)

bunch

c)

group

d)

period

17.

What elements that are good conductors of heat and electric current?

a)

liquids

b)

metals

c)

gases

d)

solids

18.

What is the pattern of repeating properties displayed by elements in the periodic table?

a)

table law

b)

elemental law

c)

periodic law

d)

atomic law

19.

What are the elements that are in group 1A of the periodic table?

a)

alkali metals

b)

noble gases

c)

halogens

d)

alkaline Earth metals

20.

What is one twelfth the mass of a carbon -12 atom?

a)

scientific unit

b)

atomic mass unit

c)

elemental mass unit

d)

periodic mass unit