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Periodic Table Part 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first chemist to arrange the elements into a table?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

Henry Moseley

c)

Dalton

d)

J.J. Thompson

2.

Dmitri Mendeleev arranged the elements in the periodic table according to

a)

atomic mass

b)

atomic number

c)

mass number

d)

number of neutrons

3.

Elements in the periodic table are periodic functions of their

a)

atomic number

b)

atomic mass

c)

number of neutrons

d)

mass number

4.

Groups are

a)

vertical columns

b)

horizontal rows

c)

diagonal

5.

Periods are

a)

horizontal rows

b)

vertical columns

c)

diagonals

6.

All elements in the same column or group (except group 3-12) have the same number of

a)

valence electrons

b)

protons

c)

neutrons

d)

electrons

7.

Elements with the same number of valence electrons tend to have

a)

similar chemical properties

b)

different chemical properties

8.

All elements in the same period have the

a)

same number of energy levels

b)

same number of valence electrons

c)

protons

d)

neutrons

9.

Elements tend to want to be

a)

stable

b)

reactive

c)

radioactive

d)

unstable

10.

Why do elements tend to want an octet or full valence shell? (except for period 1 elements)

a)

octet is stable

b)

octet is unstable

11.

Group 1 tends to be called

a)

alkali metals

b)

alkaline earth metals

c)

transition metals

d)

halogens

12.

Noble gases are group ___ and have a ____ octet

a)

18, full

b)

17, full

c)

1, unfilled

d)

18, unfilled

13.

Alkaline Earth Metals are group

a)

2

b)

1

c)

3

d)

17

14.

transition metals are group

a)

3-12

b)

1

c)

18

d)

5-18

15.

Halogens are also called

a)

halides

b)

hydrogen

c)

noble gases

d)

alkali metals

16.

Henry Moseley organized the periodic table based on

a)

atomic number

b)

atomic mass

c)

mass number

d)

number of neutrons