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Yr8 Metal & Non-metals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is credited with putting together the first periodic table?

a)

Mendeleev

b)

Rasputin

c)

Gorbachev

d)

Brezhnev

2.

What catch phrase best describes the key step in putting together the first successful periodic table?

a)

Tickets please!

b)

Mind the gap!

c)

Take your feet off the seats!

d)

The next station is Turnham Green!

3.

What are columns in the periodic table called?

a)

pillars

b)

groups

c)

periods

d)

lines

4.

What are rows in the periodic table called?

a)

pillars

b)

groups

c)

periods

d)

lines

5.

Pick the best answer. Metals are are found here in the periodic table

a)

Right

b)

Left

c)

Right and middle

d)

Left and middle

6.

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

7.

Makes a ringing sounds when struck...

a)

Sonorous

b)

Ponderous

c)

Sonos

d)

Preposterous

8.

Can be drawn into wires...

a)

Malleable

b)

Ductile

c)

Docile

d)

Mandible

9.

Can be hammered into shape...

a)

Malleable

b)

Ductile

c)

Docile

d)

Mandible

10.

I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal... What am I likely to be?

a)

Metalloid

b)

Non-metal

c)

Metal

d)

Sand

11.

I am a gas at room temperature... What am I likely to be?

a)

Metalloid

b)

Non-metal

c)

Metal

d)

Sand

12.

Describes a substance capable of neutralising an acid

a)

Vital

b)

Simple

c)

Basic

d)

Spartan

13.

My oxide reacts with both bases and acids... What am I likely to be?

a)

Metalloid

b)

Non-metal

c)

Metal

d)

Sand

14.

You will need a periodic table... The symbol for gold is...

(a)  

15.

You will need a periodic table... The symbol for lead is...

(a)  

16.

You will need a periodic table... The symbol for sodium is...

(a)  

17.

You will need a periodic table... The symbol for tin is...

(a)  

18.

When you mix copper and tin you get...

a)

Bronze

b)

Brass

c)

Rose gold

d)

Steel

19.

Write down the symbol for any one of the metalloids in Groups 3, 4 or 5...

(a)  

20.

Write down the symbol for an element that is a liquid at room temperature...

(a)