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ORGANIZING THE ELEMENTS

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 10mins

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.

What is the name of this element?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Tin

c)

Sulfur

d)

Magnesium

4.

What is the atomic number of this element?

a)

8

b)

15.999

5.

What is the chemical symbol of this element?

a)

O

b)

Ox

c)

Oy

d)

Og

6.

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

a)

period

b)

group

7.

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

a)

period

b)

group

8.

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

a)

True

b)

False

9.

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

a)

True

b)

False

10.

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

11.

What is a conductor?

a)

able to be hammered or bent

b)

can move heat and electricity

c)

can move heat and electricity sometimes

12.

What is a semiconductor?

a)

can be hammered or bent

b)

can move heat and electricity

c)

can move heat and electricity sometimes

13.

Reactivity means the ability to bond with other atoms.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which group has the most reactive metals?

a)

Alkali metals

b)

Halogens

15.

Which group has the least reactive gases?

a)

Halogens

b)

Noble gases

16.

Which group has 2 valence electrons?

a)

Transition Metals

b)

Alkaline Earth Metals

17.

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

a)

Transition Metals

b)

Alkaline Earth Metals

18.

Which group has very reactive nonmetals like fluorine and chlorine?

a)

Halogens

b)

Noble Gases

19.

Which group has two metals and two metalloids?

a)

Rare Earth Metals

b)

Carbon Family

20.

Which group has the element we need for breathing?

a)

Boron Family

b)

Oxygen Family

21.

Which group of elements contain the most useful semiconductors?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

22.

Which group of elements contain the most useful semiconductors?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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