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Periodic Table & Trends

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are the most active metals located?

a)

lower left

b)

lower right

c)

upper left

d)

upper right

2.

Where are the most active nonmetals located?

a)

lower left

b)

lower right

c)

upper left

d)

upper right

3.

As you go from LEFT to RIGHT across a period, the atomic size . (_______) because of (_________)

a)

increases because of increased positive nuclear charge

b)

decreases because of increased positive nuclear charge

c)

increases because of increased negative nuclear charge

d)

decreases because of increased negative nuclear charge

4.

As you travel down a group, the atomic size (_____) because of (____)

a)

increases because of additional principal energy levels

b)

decreases because of additional principal energy levels

c)

stays the same

5.

A negative ion is (________) than its parent atom

a)

larger

b)

smaller

c)

the same size

6.

A positive ion is (____) than its parent atom

a)

larger

b)

smaller

c)

the same size

7.

As you go from LEFT TO RIGHT across a period, the first IONIZATION ENERGY generally (____) because (____)

a)

increases becauses of increased postive nuclear charge

b)

decreases because of increased positive nuclear charge

8.

As you go down a group, the first IONIZATION ENERGY generally

a)

decreases because the outermost electron is farther away from the nucleus

b)

increases because the outmost electron is closest to the nucleus

9.

Where is the higest electronegativity found?

a)

Upper right (F)

b)

Lower Right(Rn)

c)

Upper Left(H)

d)

Lower Left(Fr)

10.

Where is the lowest electronegativity found?

a)

upper right (F)

b)

Upper left (H)

c)

Lower left (Fr)

d)

Lower Right (Rn)

11.

Elements of Group 1 are called _______ metals.

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

noble gases

d)

halogens

12.

Elements of group 2 are called

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

transition elements

d)

halogen

13.

Elements of group 3-12 are called

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

halogens

d)

transitions elements

14.

as you go from left to right across the periodic table, the elements go from (____) to (____)

a)

metals to nonmetals

b)

nometals to metals

c)

solids to gas

d)

gas to solid

15.

Group 17 elements are called

a)

halogens

b)

noble gases

c)

alkali metals

d)

alkaline earth metals

16.

Group 18 (Viii) elements are called

a)

noble gases

b)

halogens

c)

alkali metals

d)

alkaline earth metals

17.

What sublevels are filling across the transition elements?

a)

s

b)

p

c)

d

d)

f

18.

Elements within a group have a similar number of

a)

protons

b)

valence electrons

c)

neutrons

19.

Elements across a series have the same number of

a)

principal energy levels

b)

subshells

c)

neutrons

d)

protons

20.

as you go down a group the elements become more metallic.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

The majority of elements in the priodic table are non metals

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Elements in the periodic table are arranged according to their

a)

atomic number

b)

atomic mass

23.

elements with both metallic and nonmetallic properties is called a

a)

semimetal

b)

metalloid

c)

metal

d)

non metal