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Unit 3 Practice Quiz 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which subatomic particle has a positive charge?

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

atom

2.

Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

atom

3.

A horizontal row of the periodic table is called

a)

group/family

b)

period

4.

A vertical column of periodic table is called

a)

period

b)

group/family

5.

Elements that have the same number of outer electrons and behave in similar ways (they have similar characteristics) belong to the same

a)

period

b)

group/family

c)

block

6.

How many periods are in the periodic table?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

d)

18

7.

Which of these models did Niels Bohr propose?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
8.

Who first came up with the idea of an atom and called them "atomos"?

a)

o Democritus

b)

o Thomson

c)

o Rutherford

d)

o Bohr

9.

Who performed the famous 'gold foil experiment'?

a)

o Dalton

b)

o Thomson

c)

o Rutherford

d)

o Bohr

10.

Who first discovered that electrons orbit the nucleus in orbits?

a)

o Dalton

b)

o Thomson

c)

o Rutherford

d)

o Bohr

11.

Where are the protons located?

a)

outside the nucleus

b)

inside the nucleus

c)

in the orbitals

d)

within energy levels

12.

Where are the electrons located?

a)

o outside the nucleus

b)

o inside the nucleus

c)

o in the middle of the atom

d)

o in areas that contribute to the atom's mass

13.

What is the current model of the atom?

a)

b)

c)

d)

14.

Who created the periodic table?

a)

John Dalton

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Dmitri Mendeleev

15.

The periodic table is arranged in order of...

a)

increasing atomic number

b)

increasing atomic mass

c)

decreasing atomic mass

d)

decreasing atomic number

16.

The atomic number tells you the number of (a)   in the nucleus?

17.

Which of the following are located along a dividing line that looks like a staircase?

a)

metals

b)

metalloids

c)

non-metals

d)

alkali metals

18.

Which of the following is a property of non-metals?

a)

malleable (easily reshaped w/o breaking)

b)

dull texture (not shiny)

c)

ductile (capable of being drown out into a wire or thread)

19.

Which of the following is not a property of metals?

a)

conduct electricity

b)

brittle

c)

shiny

20.

What family does Hydrogen belong?

a)

Non-metal

b)

Noble Gas

c)

Halogen

d)

Metalloid

21.
The blue atoms are called 
a)
metals
b)
nonmetals
c)
metalloids
d)
noble gases
22.
Which is a halogen?
a)
Helium
b)
Chlorine
c)
Oxygen
d)
Neptune
23.
Which is an alkali metal?
a)
Magnesium
b)
Iron
c)
Sodium
d)
Europium
24.

In the periodic table shown, what is the GREEN section (staircase)?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

d)

Gasses

25.

Where on the periodic table can nonmetals be found?

a)

Top

b)

Bottom

c)

Left

d)

Right

26.

Select the group that is the most reactive metals

a)

Transition Metals

b)

Alkali Earth Metals

c)

Alkali Metals

d)

Halogens

27.

Select the element Alkali Earth Metal found in Period 4

a)

Calcium

b)

Potassium

c)

Titantium

d)

Krypton

28.

Select the element below that is least reactive

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Chlorine

c)

Lithium

d)

Neon

29.

What element is found in Group 5 period 4?

a)

Zirconium

b)

Magnesium

c)

Strontium

d)

Vanadium