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The periodic table

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 17mins

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1.

Which of the following are examples of physical properties on the periodic table? (Select all that apply)

a)

Mass/ atomic weight

b)

Conductivity

c)

State of matter

d)

Stability

e)

Types of bonds

2.

Which of the following are examples of chemical properties on the periodic table? (Select all that apply)

a)

Stability

b)

Types of bonds

c)

Mass/ atomic weight

d)

Conductivity

e)

State of matter

3.

What is the trend of mass on the periodic table?

a)

Increases left to right and as you go down

b)

Grouped together in the middle and right side

c)

Typically grouped together

d)

Decreases left to right and as you go down

4.

What is the trend of conductivity on the periodic table?

a)

Grouped together in the middle and right side

b)

Increases left to right and as you go down

c)

Typically grouped together

d)

None of the above

5.

What is the trend of state of matter on the periodic table?

a)

Typically grouped together

b)

Increases left to right and as you go down

c)

Grouped together in the middle and right side

d)

None of the above

6.

Nobel gases have (a)   valence electrons

7.

Elements with 8 valence electrons are (a)   stable

8.

Halogens have __ valence electrons so they ______ want to bond. (answer; answer)

(a)  

9.

Before the scientific revolution which elements were known that were developed by Aristotle?

a)

Earth

b)

Fire

c)

Water

d)

Air

e)

Carbon

10.

Who coined the term "Atomos"

a)

Democritus

b)

Mayer

c)

JJ Tomson

d)

Dalton

11.

What did Democritus say?

a)

Small particles that could not be created or destroyed made up everything

b)

Created 5 postulates including one that said everything was made of indivisible atoms

c)

Said that part of the atom was negative and discovered the electron using cathode rays

d)

Said part of the atom was positive and discovered the proton by shooting rays at gold

12.

What did Mendeleev and Meyer do?

a)

Arranged the elements by atomic mass

b)

Discovered the proton

c)

Discovered the electron

d)

Wrote 5 postulates

13.

What patterns did Mendeleev and Meyer notice? (Select all that apply)

a)

Atomic weight increases as you go up the list of elements

b)

There was a pattern to the weight that repeated every 8 elements

c)

Atomic weight decreases as you go up the list of elements

d)

They noticed none of the above

14.

What did Meyer also notice?

a)

Elements behave similarly based on the volume and weight of their atoms.

b)

Part of the atom was positive due to protons

c)

Part of the atom was negative due to electrons

d)

None of the above

15.

What was one of Mendeleev's great accomplishments?

a)

Publishing the periodic table with empty spots he predicted would be discovered

b)

Found out that elements behave similarly based on volume and weight of their atoms

c)

Found the electron by shooting cathode rays

d)

Found the proton by shooting rays at gold and noticing some of them bounced back

16.

What did Henry Moseley do?

a)

Order the elements based on their atomic numbers

b)

Ordered the elements based on the atomic mass

c)

Found the protons by shooting rays at gold

d)

Found the electron by using cathode rays

17.

How did Moseley discover the atomic number of elements?

a)

Using an X- Ray

b)

Using cathode rays

c)

Shooting rays at gold

d)

None of the above

18.

What are valence electrons

a)

Electrons on the outermost shell

b)

Electrons on the inside shell

c)

The amount of electrons in an atom

d)

None of the above

19.

Which of the following are true about metals?

a)

Few valence electrons

b)

Shiny (Luster) and dense

c)

High melting points

d)

High melting points

e)

Consist of most of the elements on the periodic table

20.

What is true about nonmetals?

a)

Most are gases at room temperature

b)

Poor conductors and brittle

c)

Ductile and malleable

d)

Solid nonmetals can be brittle

21.

Which are true about metalloids?

a)

They have properties of both metals and nonmetals

b)

Intermediate number of valence electrons

c)

Shiny or dull with an easily changeable shape

d)

Conductors, but they aren't great conductors

e)

Are ductile and malleable

22.

What does Coulombs Law say?

a)

Opposite charges attract

b)

Atoms are indivisible

c)

Matter is composed of atoms

d)

Atoms of the same element are identical, but atoms of different elements have different properties

23.

Atomic Radii _________ from left to right on the periodic table.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

24.

Atomic radii _______ moving down a group

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

25.

Electronegativity ________ from left to right across a period

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

26.

Electronegativity ______ moving down a group

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

27.

Ionization energy ______ from left to right across a period

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

28.

Ionization energy ______ moving down a group

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases