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Periodic Table Navigation and Atomic Structure

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most common phase among the elements on the periodic table?

a)

metal

b)

metalloid

c)

nonmetal

d)

solid

e)

gas

2.

What is the most common property among the elements on the periodic table?

a)

metal

b)

nonmetal

c)

metalloid

d)

solid

e)

gas

3.

How many metalloids are there and which 2 elements are an exception to the rule where they are found on the periodic table?

a)

8, Polonium and Astatine

b)

8, Aluminum and Antimony

c)

7, Aluminum and Polonium

d)

7, Astatine and Aluminum

e)

7, Polonium and Antimony

4.

What is the special name of the Lanthanides and Actinides together?

a)

transitional metals

b)

inner transitional metals

c)

inner transitional nonmetals

d)

transitional metalloids

5.

How many Lanthanides are there and which one has the largest atomic number?

a)

14, 70

b)

14, 71

c)

15, 70

d)

15, 71

6.

How many MAIN GROUPS are there on the periodic table?

a)

18

b)

8

c)

7

d)

9

7.

There are ______ elements that are synthetic AND radioactive and _______ elements that are radioactive but NOT synthetic.

a)

26, 7

b)

28, 5

c)

26, 3

d)

28, 3

8.

What element is found in group 7, period 5?

a)

I; Iodine

b)

Db; Dubnium

c)

Re; Rhenium

d)

Tc; Technetium

9.

What element is found at Main Group 6, period 4? (NOT GROUP 6, MAIN GROUP 6)

a)

Te; Tellurium

b)

Se; Selenium

c)

Cr; Chromium

d)

Hf; Hafnium

10.

At room temperature, the elements can be found in____________as _______ gases, and ________ liquids.

a)

phases, 2, 11

b)

properties, 11, 2

c)

phases, 11, 2

d)

properties, 2, 11

11.

How many periods have at least one element of each phase?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

e)

4

12.

How many groups have at least one element of each phase?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

e)

4

13.

How many periods have at least one element of each property?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

e)

6

14.

How many groups have at least one element of each property? (REMEMBER to not count the synthetic elements)

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

e)

6

15.

What is another name for the transuranic elements and how many are there?

a)

transitionals, 15

b)

synthetic, 15

c)

synthetic, 26

d)

transitionals, 26

16.

Which of the following is NOT correctly matched by group number and special name?

a)

2, Alkali Earth Metals

b)

18, Noble Gases

c)

1, Alkali Metals

d)

7, Halogens

17.

How many transitional metals are there and how many groups ________ and ______ periods do they include?

a)

28, 8, 4

b)

29, 10, 3

c)

38, 10, 4

d)

40, 10, 4

18.

Which subatomic particle NEVER changes for an element???

a)

nucleons

b)

neutrons

c)

protons

d)

electrons

19.

The atomic ______________ tells you the number of ___________ for an atom of an element and it equals the number of ____________ for a neutral atom of the element.

a)

mass, electrons, protons

b)

number, protons, neutrons

c)

mass, neutrons, electrons

d)

number, protons, electrons

20.

An ion with an atomic number of 29, an atomic mass of 63.55, and a charge of +2 has __________ protons, __________ neutrons and _________ electrons.

a)

29, 35, 27

b)

29, 35, 31

c)

29, 34, 27

d)

34, 29, 27

21.

An ion with an oxidation number or ____________ of -3 would have 3 _________ ___________ than it would as a neutral atom.

a)

charge, more, electrons

b)

charge, less, electrons

c)

ionic, more, neutrons

d)

ionic, less, neutrons

22.

If an element has an atomic number of 38 and mass numbers = 84, 86, 87, 88, which of the following is true?

a)

It has 4 ions.

b)

It has 4 nucleons.

c)

It has 4 ionic charges.

d)

It has 4 isotopes with either 46, 48, 49, or 50 neutrons.

23.

An isotope of an atom has a different number of ____________ and an ion has a different number of ____________.

a)

electrons, neutrons

b)

nucleons, protons

c)

neutrons, electrons

d)

nucleons, neutrons

24.

Who created the first periodic table?

a)

Neils Bohr

b)

Alfred Lawrence

c)

Enrico Fermi

d)

Dmitri Mendeleev

25.

The first periodic table included @ ____ elements.

a)

40

b)

50

c)

60

d)

90

26.

Which of the following is true regarding the SUCCESS of the first periodic table?

a)

It was the first table to place elements into groups and periods.

b)

It left empty spaces for elements that weren't yet discovered.

c)

It was the first table to place elements by increasing atomic mass.

d)

It was the first table to place elements by increasing atomic number.