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Organizing the Elements

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the periodic table?

a)

a chart of the elements

b)

the average mass of all the isotopes of an element

2.

True or False: The elements in the current periodic table are arranged in order of atomic mass.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Who created the first periodic table?

a)

Lothar Mayer

b)

Dmitri Mendeleev

4.

What is the name of this element?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Tin

c)

Sulfur

d)

Magnesium

5.

What is the atomic number of this element?

a)

8

b)

15.999

6.

What is the chemical symbol of this element?

a)

O

b)

Ox

c)

Oy

d)

Og

7.

What is a row of elements on the periodic table called?

a)

period

b)

group

8.

What is a column of elements on the periodic table called?

a)

period

b)

group

9.

The elements in a period have the same or similar properties.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The elements in a group have the same or similar properties.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What does malleable mean?

a)

able to be hammered or bent

b)

ability to move heat and electricity

c)

conducts heat and electricity only sometimes

12.

What is a conductor?

a)

able to be hammered or bent

b)

can move heat and electricity

c)

can move heat and electricity sometimes

13.

What is a semiconductor?

a)

can be hammered or bent

b)

can move heat and electricity

c)

can move heat and electricity sometimes

14.

Reactivity means the ability to bond with other atoms.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which group has the most reactive metals?

a)

Alkali metals

b)

Halogens

16.

Which group has the least reactive gases?

a)

Halogens

b)

Noble gases

17.

Which group has 2 valence electrons?

a)

Transition Metals

b)

Alkaline Earth Metals

18.

Which group has the magnetic elements iron, cobalt, and nickel?

a)

Transition Metals

b)

Alkaline Earth Metals

19.

Which group has very reactive nonmetals like fluorine and chlorine?

a)

Halogens

b)

Noble Gases

20.

Which group has two metals and two metalloids?

a)

Rare Earth Metals

b)

Carbon Family

21.

Which group has the element we need for breathing?

a)

Boron Family

b)

Oxygen Family

22.

Which group of elements contain the most useful semiconductors?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

23.

True or False: The elements in the current periodic table are arranged in order of atomic mass.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Who created the first periodic table?

a)

Mendel

b)

Mendeleev

c)

Bohr

d)

Dalton

25.

What is the atomic number of this element?

a)

8

b)

15.999

c)

16.8

d)

24

26.

What is a column of elements on the periodic table called?

a)

period

b)

group

c)

row

d)

column

27.

What is a row of elements on the periodic table called?

a)

period

b)

group

c)

row

d)

column

28.

A(n) ____ is an arrangement of elements in columns, based on a set of properties that repeat from row to row.

a)

chemical formula

b)

Periodic table

c)

chemical reaction

d)

chemical chart

29.

What is the atomic mass of this element?

a)

Xe

b)

54

c)

45

d)

131.293

30.

What is the atomic number?

a)

131.293

b)

54

c)

45

d)

Xe

31.

What does the atomic number tell you?

a)

How much an atom of the element weighs

b)

How many protons are in the atom of the element

c)

How many neutrons are in a molecule

d)

The name of the element

32.

How can the properties of an element be predicted?

a)

By where they are found on earth

b)

By the scientist who discovered them

c)

By their discovery date

d)

By their location on the periodic table

33.

The elements in a period have the same or similar properties.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The elements in a group have the same or similar properties.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Mendeleev arranged his periodic table in order of increasing atomic number.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

The rows in the periodic table are called periods.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

37.

Moving across the periodic table from left to right, one finds, in order, metals, then gases, then nonmetals.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

38.

Another name for a period is a family.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

39.

On the periodic table, elements in the same column have similar properties.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.

An element's __________ can be predicted from its location on the periodic table.

a)

color

b)

properties

c)

density

41.

The average mass of all the isotopes of an element is called the _________.

a)

atomic mass

b)

atomic number

c)

density

42.

The modern periodic table is arranged in order of increasing __________.

a)

atomic mass

b)

atomic number

c)

atomic weight

43.

Information found on the periodic table for each element includes its atomic number, __________, name, and atomic mass.

a)

chemical symbol

b)

density

c)

radioactivity

44.

An element with atomic number 10 is located to the __________ of an element with atomic number 9.

a)

left

b)

right

c)

below

45.

The periodic table is arranged in __________ periods (or rows).

a)

7

b)

9

c)

18

d)

36

46.

The periodic table is arranged in __________ groups (or columns).

a)

7

b)

9

c)

18

d)

36

47.

The properties of the elements change in a pattern from __________.

a)

right to left

b)

left to right

c)

top to bottom

d)

bottom to top

48.

From our lesson discussion, the three elements mentioned in class that react with water are __________.

a)

hydrogen, lithium, and sodium

b)

lithium, sodium, and potassium

c)

sodium, potassium, and rubidium

d)

Einsteinium, Mendelevium, and Americium

49.

Dmitri Mendeleev set himself apart from others for the fact that __________.

a)

created the first periodic table.

b)

created the first periodic table AND correctly predicted the properties of yet discovered elements.

c)

correctly predicted the properties of yet discovered elements.

d)

none of these choices set him apart from others.

50.

An element in period 4 will have __________ energy levels.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

3

d)

6

51.

The element's position from the left will tell you __________.

a)

the atomic number.

b)

the number of electron energy levels.

c)

the number of electrons in the first energy level.

d)

the number of electrons in the outermost energy level.

52.

The MAXIMUM number of electrons in the third energy level is __________.

a)

2

b)

8

c)

18

d)

32

53.

There are __________ elements on the periodic table.

a)

2

b)

18

c)

32

d)

118

54.

To find the number of neutrons in the nucleus of the atom, one would __________.

a)

add the number of protons and electrons together.

b)

double the number of protons.

c)

round the atomic mass and then subtract the number of protons from it.

d)

divide the atomic mass by 2.