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Unit 6 Test - The Periodic Table

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earliest attempt to organize the elements was to do what?

a)

gases were separated from non-metals

b)

metals were separated from metalloids

c)

metals were separated from non-metals

d)

gases were separated from metals

2.

Which scientist is known for his Law of Octaves?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

John Newlands

c)

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

d)

William Ramsay

e)

Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner

3.

Which scientist is known as the father of the periodic table?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

John Newlands

c)

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

d)

William Ramsay

e)

Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner

4.

The repeating patterns of chemical and physical properties through the periodic table is called (a)   .

5.

Thanks to a discovery made by _______________, the elements in the periodic table are arranged in order of atomic number.

a)

Glenn Seaborg

b)

William Ramsay

c)

Hennig Brand

d)

Henry Moseley

6.

Which of the following was Gilbert Newton Lewis’ major contribution to developing the periodic table?

a)

noble gasses

b)

law of triads

c)

valence bond theory

d)

discovery of phosphorus

7.

Periodicity in the periodic table is caused by:

a)

level of reactivity

b)

size of atomic radius

c)

pattern of valence electrons

d)

atomic number

8.

“Look like metals, but mostly behave like nonmetals, are shiny and brittle…” best describes what category of elements?

(a)  

9.

Which group of elements has 4 valence electrons? (just type in the number)

(a)  

10.

The actinide elements are best described as:

a)

low densities, soft and easy to cut, and highly reactive with water

b)

highly reactive with alkili metals and alkaline earth metals, and toxic in elemental form

c)

like transition metals, but radioactive; the heaviest are extremely unstable and do not occur naturally

d)

high densities, very hard, malleable and excellent conductors of heat and electricity

11.

Electron affinity is:

a)

the amount of energy released or spent when an electron is added to a neutral atom

b)

the set of chemical properties that are associated with the elements classified as metals

c)

a way of measuring how likely it is that an atom will gain an electron

d)

the tendency of an atom to attract bonding electrons

12.

“The set of chemical properties that are associated with the elements classified as metals in the periodic table” best describes which periodic trend?

(a)  

13.

How many valence electrons do sulfur, tellurium and polonium each have?

(a)  

14.

All the alkali metals have electrons filling which orbitals?

a)

s

b)

p

c)

d

d)

f

15.

The metalloids are found _______________________________.

a)

groups 13-16

b)

between the post-transition metals and non-metals

c)

most of group 16

d)

in the f-block portion of period 6

16.

“Increasing down each group and increasing to the right from group 17 to group 15, dropping down, and then increasing again from group 13 to group 1,” best describes which periodic trend?

(a)  

17.

Which group is most likely to have the highest boiling points?

a)

1

b)

17

c)

18

d)

7

18.

Name the element that is in group Period 5 and Group 6? (full name, not just the symbol)

(a)  

19.

Rank the following elements by increasing atomic radius:

gallium, osmium, neon, strontium

a)

strontium, osmium, gallium, neon

b)

neon, gallium, strontium, osmium

c)

neon, gallium, osmium, strontium

d)

osmium, strontium, gallium, neon

20.

Rank the following elements by increasing ionization energy:

niobium, antimony, sulfur, cobalt

a)

niobium, cobalt, antimony, sulfur

b)

sulfur, antimony, cobalt, niobium

c)

sulfur, cobalt, antimony, niobium

d)

niobium, antimony, cobalt, sulfur

21.

Which element likely has the highest boiling point?

a)

beryllium

b)

zirconium

c)

astatine

22.

Which element likely has the lowest electron affinity?

a)

sulfur

b)

calcium

c)

polonium

23.

Which element likely has the highest electronegativity?

a)

thallium

b)

magnesium

c)

arsenic

24.

Which element likely has the highest reactivity?

a)

barium

b)

rhenium

c)

strontium

25.

What is the average atomic mass of indium?

(a)