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Periodic Table of Elements

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these use their Latin Names for Symbols?

a)

Phosphorus

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Sodium

d)

Helium

2.

What is the English name for Plumbum?

(a)  

3.

What is the Element for 'Fe' symbol?

(a)  

4.

How many groups or families and periods does a Periodical Table have?

a)

There are 17 groups or families and 7 periods.

b)

There are 18 groups or families and 7 periods.

c)

There are 7 groups or families and 18 periods.

d)

There are 18 groups or families and 6 periods

5.

Which pair of elements has the most similar properties?

a)

Be and B

b)

O and S

c)

H and Hg

d)

Na and F

6.
Neon and argon are known as ______________
a)

halogens

b)

noble gases

c)

alkali metals

d)

alkali earth metals

7.

Which of the following are the three major groups of elements in the periodic table?

a)

Metals, non-metals, metalloids

b)

Metals, conductors, metalloids

c)

Metals, conductors, insulators

d)

Non-metals, conductors, insulators

8.

Which group in the periodic table of elements has the greatest number of metals?

a)

Group 1 (IA)

b)

Group 6 (VIB)

c)

Group 13 (IIIA)

d)

Group 18 (VIIIA)

9.
A vertical column of elements in the periodic table is called a 
a)

Family

b)

Period

c)

Valence electron

10.
A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table is called a ________________.
a)

period

b)

group

11.

What is the symbol of Argon?

a)

Ar

b)

A

c)

Ag

12.

Which group of elements are also called semi-metals?

a)

Alkali metals

b)

Metalloids

c)

Halogens

d)

Noble gases

13.

What Comes after Magnesium?

a)

Argentum

b)

Aurum

c)

Argon

d)

Aluminium

14.
The elements in Group 1 are the _________________metals, which react violently with water.
a)

alkali

b)

alkaline earth

c)

Halogen

d)

Noble gas