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Elements

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Two elements chemically bonded form
a)
element
b)
compound
c)
mixture
d)
solutions
2.
Each column in the periodic table is called a _________ .
a)
period
b)
group
c)
cluster
d)
unit
3.
Periods on the periodic table are __________.
a)
Horizontal Rows
b)
Vertical Columns
4.
Groups on the periodic table are __________.
a)
Horizontal Rows
b)
Vertical Columns
5.
These are found on the Periodic Table.
a)
Compounds
b)
Elements
c)
Mixtures
6.
The simplest substance is..?
a)
Carbon
b)
An element
c)
Water
d)
A simple compound 
7.
What is the chemical symbol for Calcium?
a)
C
b)
Ca
c)
Cal
8.
What is the chemical symbol for Oxygen?
a)
O
b)
Ox
c)
Oy
9.
What is the chemical symbol for Carbon?
a)
C
b)
Ca
c)
Car
10.
What is the chemical symbol for Iron?
a)
I
b)
Ir 
c)
Fe 
d)
F
11.
What does the chemical symbol K stand for?
a)
Krypton
b)
Kryptonite
c)
Potassium
12.
What does the chemical symbol H stand for?
a)
Helium
b)
Hydrogen
13.
What does the chemical symbol He stand for?
a)
Hydrogen
b)
Helium
14.

Which element is similar to Li?

a)

Be

b)

K

15.

Which element is similar to F?

a)

Ne

b)

Cl

16.

Which element is similar to Mg?

a)

Ca

b)

B

17.

Which element is similar to B?

a)

C

b)

Al

18.

A substance has the following properties:

-shiny

-bends easily

-hard, not easily broken

-conducts electricity


Based on these properties how would you classify the substance?

a)

metal

b)

nonmetal

c)

metalloid

19.

Which element is similar to He?

a)

H

b)

Ar

20.

How many Hydrogen atoms are present in H20?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

1

d)

0

21.

Which of the following cannot be broken down into something simpler?

a)

A compound

b)

An element

c)

A mixture

22.
What do we call a chemical substance made up of 2 or more different types atoms bonded together?
a)
formula
b)
atom
c)
subscript
d)
compound
23.

The smallest piece of matter that still has the properties of an element is a(n) _________________.

a)

compound

b)

electron

c)

atom

d)

nucleus

24.
What is a compound?
a)
an atom with more electrons than protons
b)
a substance in which the atoms of two or more elements are combined together
c)
an atom with more neutrons than protons
d)
a substance in which the atoms of three or more elements are combined together
25.

This picture represents which of the following?

a)

element

b)

compound

26.

This picture represents which of the following?

a)

element

b)

compound

27.

This picture represents which of the following?

a)

element

b)

compound

28.

Carbon is considered an element, while carbon dioxide is considered a compound. This is because carbon dioxide is ---

a)

a gas at room temperature.

b)

made of two different elements.

c)

given off by green plants.

d)

useful to human beings

29.
Is water an element or a compound?
a)
Element
b)
Compound
30.

Located on the Periodic Table

a)

Elements

b)

Compounds

c)

Both

31.
A compound consists of two or more elements bound together.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Is water an element or a compound?
a)
Element
b)
Compound
33.
The properties of the elements that make up a compound are usually very similar to the compound itself.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Is Iron (Fe) an element or a compound?
a)
Element
b)
Compound
35.
Is salt (NaCI) a compound or a element
a)
Compound
b)
element
36.
Which of the following is not a compound?
a)
HCl
b)
Cl
c)
NaCl
d)
CO2
37.
A substance made of only one type of atom is called —
a)
an element
b)
a mixture
c)
a compound
d)
a salt
38.

1 A substance made up of two or more chemically combined elements is —

a)
an element
b)
mixture
c)
compound
d)
solution
39.

Examples are carbon (C) and uranium (U)

a)

elements

b)

mixtures

c)

compounds

40.
Is sugar (C12H22O11) an element or a compound?
a)
Element
b)
Compound
41.
Classify the picture with the correct label.
a)
Element
b)
Compound
c)
Mixture of Elements
d)
Mixture of Compounds
42.
Classify the picture with the correct label.
a)
Element
b)
Compound
c)
Mixture of Elements and Compounds
d)
Mixture of Elements
43.
Classify the picture with the correct label.
a)
Element
b)
Compound
c)
Mixture of Elements & Compounds
d)
Mixture of Compounds
44.
Classify the picture with the correct label.
a)
Element
b)
Compound
c)
Mixture of Compounds
d)
Mixture of Elements
45.
What cannot be broken down into other substances?
a)
Compound
b)
Mixture
c)
Solids
d)
Element
46.

Potassium is in group​ (a)   and period​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
4
2
1
3
5
47.

Sort these elements into the correct group (vertical columns)

(Use your periodic table to help)

Categorize the following

Sodium

Lithium

Calcium

Magnesium

Barium

Potassium

Fluorine

Chlorine

Iodine

Helium

Neon

Argon

Group 1
Group 2
Group 17
Group 18
48.

Magnesium is in group​ (a)   and period​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
2
3
1
4
5
49.

Select ALL the answers that could be used as a chemical symbol.

a)

M

b)

d

c)

Za

d)

gh

e)

DU