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Elements Classification Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main purpose of classifying elements?

a)

To increase atomic weights

b)

To facilitate their study

c)

To reduce the number of elements

d)

To create new elements

2.

Who prepared the first periodic table?

a)

Henry Moseley

b)

Dmitri Mendeleev

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Ernest Rutherford

3.

What did Mendeleev use to represent each element?

a)

Cards

b)

Graphs

c)

Tables

d)

Models

4.

In Mendeleev's periodic table, elements were arranged in vertical columns known as:

a)

Periods

b)

Groups

c)

Rows

d)

Sections

5.

What did Mendeleev predict about new elements?

a)

They would have higher atomic weights

b)

They would be discovered in the future

c)

They would not exist

d)

They would be the same as existing elements

6.

What was a disadvantage of Mendeleev's periodic table?

a)

It included too many elements

b)

It had gaps for undiscovered elements

c)

It disturbed the order of atomic weights

d)

It was too complex

7.

Who discovered that periodic properties are related to atomic number?

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

Henry Moseley

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Dmitri Mendeleev

8.

What did Moseley add to the periodic table?

a)

A section for isotopes

b)

More elements

c)

A zero group for inert gases

d)

A new group for metals

9.

How many main energy levels did Bohr discover?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

6

d)

7

10.

What is the total number of known elements in the modern periodic table?

a)

100

b)

118

c)

92

d)

150

11.

What is an isotope?

a)

An element with different atomic numbers

b)

An element with different atomic weights and the same atomic number

c)

An element that does not exist

d)

An element with the same atomic weight

12.

What did Mendeleev arrange elements by in his table?

a)

Chemical properties

b)

Atomic weight

c)

Physical properties

d)

Atomic number

13.

What did Mendeleev leave in his table for undiscovered elements?

a)

Labels

b)

Warnings

c)

Notes

d)

gaps

14.

Which scientist discovered the nucleus of the atom?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Henry Moseley

15.

What is the main classification method in the modern periodic table?

a)

By atomic weight

b)

By atomic number and way of filling energy sublevel

c)

By size

d)

By color