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Chapter 5: Periodic Table

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

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1.

Why do elements in the same group typically have similar properties?

a)

Elements in the same group have the same number of protons

b)

Elements in the same group have the same number of valence electrons. 

c)

Elements in the same group have the same number of energy levels.

d)

Elements in the same group have the same total number of electrons.

2.

Which of sthe following metals is the most reactive?

a)

Beryllium (Be)

b)

Calcium (Ca)

c)

Aluminum (Al)

d)

Strontium (Sr)

3.

Which of the following nonmetals is the most reactive?

a)

Carbon (C)

b)

Fluorine (F)

c)

Chlorine (Cl)

d)

Phosphorus (P)

4.

Potassium (K) is found in which family on the periodic table?

a)

Noble Gases

b)

Halogens

c)

Alkali Metals

d)

Alkaline-Earth Metals

5.

Going from left to right across the periodic table, the size of an element's atomic radius...

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays roughly the same

d)

is randomized

6.

What did Henry Mosley use to organize his periodic table?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Atomic mass

c)

Atomic radius

d)

physical properties

7.

What does it mean to be a semiconductor in the metalloid family?

a)

Sometimes acts like a metal element.

b)

Normally don't conduct but will at high temperatures or when certain substances are added.

c)

Don't transfer electrons normally but will during certain chemical reactions.

d)

Almost always will join valence electrons to make a larger atom.

8.

What did Dmitri Mendeleev use to organize his periodic table?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Chemical properties

c)

Atomic mass

d)

Physical properties

9.

Which is NOT a physical property of a metal element?

a)

left of the staircase

b)

Brittle

c)

malleable

d)

good conductors of heat and electricity.

10.

What category of element is the most common in the periodic table?

a)

Gas

b)

Nonmetal

c)

metalloid

d)

Metal

11.

Which is NOT a physical characteristic of nonmetal elements?

a)

right of staircase

b)

dull

c)

lustrous/shiny

d)

poor conductors of heat and electricity

12.

How many periods are there in the modern periodic table?

a)

7

b)

10

c)

18

d)

12

13.

How are the elements arranged in the modern periodic table?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Number of valence electrons

c)

Atomic mass

d)

density

14.

How many groups are there in the modern periodic table?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

12

d)

18

15.

That are the vertical columns of the modern periodic table called?

a)

Metalloids

b)

Periods/rows

c)

Groups/families

d)

positive cations

16.

What is the most stable and nonreactive group in the periodic table?

a)

Noble Gases

b)

Transition Metals

c)

Actenides

d)

Alkali Metals

17.

How are the Metalloids unique?

a)

They look like Metals

b)

They are very reactive elements

c)

They behave like nonmetals

d)

Both A and C

18.

What is the most stable and nonreactive group in the periodic table?

a)

Alkali Metals

b)

Actenides

c)

Transition Metals

d)

Noble Gases

19.

What is the most reactive metal element?

a)

Francium

b)

Berillium

c)

Fluorine

d)

Hydrogen

20.

What is the most reactive non metal element?

a)

Francium

b)

Fluorine

c)

Sodium

d)

Helium

21.

Why are noble gases nonreactive

a)

Because they have a full outer electron shell

b)

Because of the shielding effect

c)

Because of their high electronegativity

d)

Because they want to gain valence electrons

22.

Reactivity in nonmetals increases as you...

a)

Move left and down the periodic table

b)

Move right and down the periodic table

c)

Move right and up the periodic table

d)

Move left and up the periodic table

23.

What type of elements are more electronegative?

a)

Both B and C

b)

Metalloid

c)

nonmetal

d)

Metal

24.

What type of elements are more electronegative?

a)

Nonmetal

b)

Metal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Both B and C

25.

What happens to electrons if an element is less electronegative?

a)

Lose electrons

b)

gain electrons

c)

have an increased reactivity

d)

both B and C

26.

What is the name of group 1 elements?

a)

Alkaline Earth Metals

b)

Halogens

c)

Alkali Metals

d)

Transition Metals

27.

What is the name of group 18 elements?

a)

Halogens

b)

Transition Metals

c)

Noble gases

d)

Lanctinides

28.

What is the name of groups 3-12 elements?

a)

Transitions Metals

b)

Actenides

c)

Lanthinides

d)

Metalloids

29.

What is the name of group 2 elements?

a)

Actenides

b)

Alkaline Earth Metals

c)

Alkali Metals

d)

Halogens

30.

What is the name of group 17 elements?

a)

Noble gases

b)

Actenides

c)

Metalloids

d)

Halogens

31.

What is the name of the elements that surround the "zig-zag", staircase line?

a)

Metalloids

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metals

d)

Noble Gases

32.

What is the name of the elements to the left of the "zig-zag", "staircase" line?

a)

Metalloids

b)

nonmetals

c)

Metals

d)

noble gases

33.

What is the name of the elements to the right of the "zig-zag" "staircase" line?

a)

Nonmetals

b)

Metalloids

c)

Lanthanides

d)

Metals

34.

What is the only element to the left of the "staircase" line that is not a metal?

a)

hydrogen

b)

Aluminum

c)

Fluorine

d)

Potassium

35.

What is the only element that is touching the "staircase" line that isn't a metalloid?

a)

Aluminum

b)

Sodium

c)

Helium

d)

Tin

36.

How are the elements on the modern periodic table arranged?

a)

Increasing electric charge in the nucleus

b)

The number of neutrons in the nucleus

c)

Increasing atomic number

d)

Increasing metallic characteristics