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The Periodic Table

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a physical property?

a)

malleability

b)

reactivity

c)

ductility

d)

melting point

2.

Use the periodic table. What element is found on period 4 and group 7?

a)

Copper (Cu)

b)

Rutherfordium (Rf)

c)

Manganese (Mn)

d)

Iron (Fe)

3.

The ability to be pulled into wires is known as:

a)

malleability

b)

hardness

c)

ductility

d)

wiring

4.

Transition elements are more malleable than alkali metals.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which elements have the lowest density of all metals?

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

transition elements

d)

nonmetals

6.

Elements in group 2 are known as:

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

metalloids

d)

nonmetals

7.

Most nonmetals are usually _____ at room temperature.

a)

liquids

b)

solids

c)

gases

d)

magma

8.

Which of the following are properties of most metals? Choose all that apply.

a)

conductivity

b)

shiny

c)

malleability

d)

liquids at room temperature

9.

The alkali metals react very quickly with other elements, therefore they are not found as pure substances in nature.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What describes a synthetic element?

a)

occurs in nature and is identified with a cube in the element key

b)

man-made and is identified with a balloon in the element key

c)

man-made and is identified with a donut-like symbol in the element key

d)

occurs in nature and is identified with droplet in the element key

11.

What scientist first organized the element in the periodic table?

a)

Mosely

b)

Dalton

c)

Aristotle

d)

Mendeleev

12.

What characterizes a noble gas? Choose all that apply.

a)

found in group 17

b)

only react under special conditions in a lab

c)

found as pure substances in nature

d)

very reactive

13.

What characterizes a metalloid? Choose all that apply.

a)

They are found on the left side of the periodic table.

b)

They conduct electricity under HIGH temperatures.

c)

They have both metallic and non metallic properties.

d)

They conduct electricity under low temperatures.

14.

Halogens are ______.

a)

very reactive

b)

found as pure substances in nature

c)

found in group 18

d)

increase their reactivity as you move down the group

15.

What element will react faster with oxygen? (Use the periodic table).

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a)

potassium (K)

b)

silver (Ag)

c)

barium (Ba)

d)

gold (Au)

16.

What term defines how a metal reflects light?

a)

luster

b)

ductility

c)

malleability

d)

softness

17.

Who organized the periodic table according to increasing atomic number?

a)

Mendeleev

b)

Dalton

c)

Aristotle

d)

Mosely

18.

Choose those elements found in the human body.

a)

oxygen

b)

hydrogen

c)

nitrogen

d)

lead

19.

Elements that are not shiny and do not conduct electricity are known as:

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

transition elements

d)

metalloids

20.

Which of the following descriptions best fit mercury?

a)

Mercury is a nonmetal and is a liquid at room temperature.

b)

Mercury is a metal and is a solid at room temperature.

c)

Mercury is a nonmetal and is a solid at room temperature.

d)

Mercury is a metal and is a liquid at room temperature.

21.

Which of the following are properties of nonmetals? Choose all that apply.

a)

Nonmetals that are solids at room temperature are brittle.

b)

Nonmetals are good conductors of heat and electricity.

c)

Nonmetals are poor conductors of heat and electricity.

d)

Most nonmetals are gases at room temperature.

22.

What is Chromium's mass number?

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a)

24

b)

52

c)

51.996

d)

27.996