WorksheetsThe Periodic Table
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All periods on the periodic table contain the same number of elements.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Group 14 on the periodic table contains metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
A single horizontal portion of the periodic table, as shown below, is called _____.
a)
a class
b)
a group
c)
a method
d)
a period
4.
Helium and most nonmetals are found in which area of the periodic table?
a)
On the left-most side.
b)
On the right side.
c)
In the middle column of the periodic table.
d)
In the bottom rows.
5.
In the modern periodic table, elements are arranged according to increasing ____.
a)
atomic number
b)
atomic mass
c)
date of discovery
d)
electrical conductivity
6.
Which of the following categories of elements represents almost three-fourths of the periodic table?
a)
gases
b)
metalloids
c)
metals
d)
nonmetals
7.
Which elements have properties of both metals and nonmetals?
a)
gases
b)
metalloids
c)
metals
d)
nonmetals
8.
What is the atomic number for Potassium?
a)
19
b)
39.098
c)
20
d)
58
9.
What is the atomic mass for Potassium?
a)
19
b)
39.098
c)
20
d)
58
10.
In the mid-1800s, Russian chemist and teacher _______________ created a table to help classify the elements by their properties.
a)
Alexander Fleming
b)
Marie Curie
c)
Dimitri Mendeleev
d)
Isaac Newton
11.
What element is found at group 16, period 2?
a)
Cobalt
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Tungsten
d)
Oxygen
12.
What element is found at group 3, period 4?
a)
Scandium
b)
Magnesium
c)
Sulfur
d)
Boron
13.
The atomic number is the number of __________ in the nucleus of an atom of an element.
a)
electrons
b)
neutrons
c)
quarks
d)
protons
14.
Elements in the same group have similar ____________, which means they react with other elements in similar ways.
a)
physical properties
b)
chemical properties
c)
atomic properties
d)
atomic mass units
15.
As you read from left to right across the periodic table, atomic number _________ by one for each element.
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
multiplies
d)
divides
16.
Most of the elements in the periodic table are ________, which are shiny and conduct thermal energy and electricity.
a)
nonmetals
b)
metalloids
c)
lanthanides
d)
metals
17.
Most nonmetals are on the ________ side of the periodic table; these elements do not conduct thermal energy and electricity.
a)
right
b)
left
c)
top
d)
bottom
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