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Grade 7 Atoms & Elements Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 38mins

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Class
Date
1.

Using what you know about atoms, what is the best approximation of the number of hydrogen atoms that could fit on the tip of a needle?

a)

5 atoms

b)

5,000 atoms

c)

50 atoms

d)

5,000,000,000,000 atoms

2.

A student is writing a report on the properties of fluorine. She decides to include a brief section about other elements that are similar to fluorine. In order to find similar elements, she looks up where fluorine is located on the periodic table of elements shown below. The student wants to select the elements similar to fluorine. Which of the following sets of elements should be included?

a)

Helium, sulfur, and argon, because they are diagonal from fluorine.

b)

Oxygen, neon, and chlorine, because they are connected to fluorine.

c)

Nitrogen, oxygen, and neon, because they are in the same row as fluorine.

d)

Chlorine, bromine, and iodine, because they are in the same column as fluorine.

3.

In the 1800s, pure aluminum metal was so valuable that it was worth as much as what?

a)

Silver

b)

Gold

c)

Diamonds

d)

Platinum

4.

What is aluminum commonly used to make today?

a)

Jewelry

b)

Cars

c)

Aluminum cans

d)

Computers

5.

Why do people choose a unit appropriate to the scale of the object?

a)

To make calculations easier

b)

To avoid using very large or very small numbers

c)

To save time

d)

To reduce costs

6.

The mass of a single aluminum can is most likely measured in which unit?

a)

Kilograms

b)

Grams

c)

Milligrams

d)

Pounds

7.

What unit is more appropriate for measuring the mass of a large block of recycled cans?

a)

Grams

b)

Milligrams

c)

Kilograms

d)

Ounces

8.

Which of the following units would be most appropriate for measuring mass at the scale of a single aluminum atom?

a)

Daltons

b)

Ounces

c)

Milligrams

d)

Pounds

9.

Scientists use patterns in the periodic table to

a)

figure out how to turn a metal into a gas.

b)

figure out how many elements there are.

c)

predict what will happen when two elements mix.

d)

predict which elements are expensive.

10.

What is a chemical symbol?

a)

a picture representation of an atomic number

b)

any notation regarding an element made by a scientist

c)

a shorthand notation that represents the name of an element

d)

a sign that tells a scientist how safe it is to handle a particular element

11.

Which of these is a benefit of using chemical symbols when talking about elements?

a)

Chemical symbols are the same across languages.

b)

Chemical symbols are all rooted in the same language.

c)

Scientists are able to label the elements in order of their degree of danger.

d)

Scientists do not actually need to memorize what a chemical symbol stands for.

12.

What is one unit of measurement that scientists use to describe the size of atoms?

a)

picometer

b)

quark

c)

quintille

d)

telomere

13.

The smallest part of any element. Made up of protons, neutrons and electrons.

a)

Atom

b)

AMU

c)

Ion

d)

Isotope

14.

All matter is made of what

a)

energy

b)

atoms

c)

electrons

d)

compounds

15.

What is matter?

a)

Matter has mass and takes up space.

b)

Matter is charged atoms.

c)

Matter has a charge and a mass.

d)

Matter is polar molecules.

16.

Scientists use a _____________ as an abbreviation for an element name.

a)

Atom

b)

Molecule

c)

Compound

d)

Chemical Symbol

17.

The first letter of a chemical symbol is always a

a)

Capital

b)

Lowercase

c)

Number

d)

Symbol

18.

In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev developed the first periodic table, organizing the elements according to atomic weight. When he ordered the elements, he noticed that there were patterns of repeating properties. The modern periodic table sequences elements from left to right by atomic number.


This was the first person to organize a periodic table.

a)

Neils Bohr

b)

Dmitri Mendeleev

c)

Democritus

d)

Ernest Rutherford

19.

In the periodic table, similar elements are arranged in vertical columns called groups. Some of the major groups include Group 1: alkali metals; Group 2: alkaline earth metals; Group 17: halogens; and Group 18: noble gases. Elements within each group have similar properties and characteristic behaviors because of their similar numbers of valence electrons.


In what direction are groups arranged in the periodic table?

a)

Side to side

b)

Up and down.

c)

Diagonally

d)

In sections.