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Periodic Table Terms and Vocab

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the smallest unit of a chemical element?

a)

Molecule

b)

Atom

c)

Compound

d)

Ion

2.

Which of the following is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means?

a)

Mixture

b)

Compound

c)

Element

d)

Solution

3.

What is the term for the mass of an atom, typically expressed in atomic mass units (amu)?

a)

Atomic Number

b)

Atomic Mass

c)

Molar Mass

d)

Mass Number

4.

What does the atomic number of an element represent?

a)

Number of neutrons

b)

Number of electrons

c)

Number of protons

d)

Number of atoms

5.

What is the name of the table that arranges chemical elements in order of atomic number with repeating properties?

a)

Chemical Chart

b)

Elemental Table

c)

Periodic Table

d)

Atomic Table

6.

What is a one or two-letter abbreviation for a chemical element called?

a)

Chemical Formula

b)

Chemical Symbol

c)

Elemental Code

d)

Atomic Notation

7.

Which subatomic particle is found in the nucleus of every atom and has a positive electric charge?

a)

Electron

b)

Neutron

c)

Proton

d)

Positron

8.

Which subatomic particle is neutral and found in the nucleus of atoms?

a)

Electron

b)

Neutron

c)

Proton

d)

Photon

9.

Which subatomic particle has a negative charge and is found outside the nucleus of an atom?

a)

Electron

b)

Neutron

c)

Proton

d)

Positron

10.

What is the term for the level that electrons orbit in around the atomic nucleus?

a)

Orbit

b)

Shell or Energy Level

c)

Layer

d)

Pathway

11.

What is a horizontal row in the periodic table called?

a)

Group

b)

Period

c)

Series

d)

Line

12.

Which of the following determines the element's place on the periodic table?

a)

Atomic Mass

b)

Atomic Number

c)

Number of Neutrons

d)

Number of Electrons

13.

What are the vertical columns on the periodic table called?

a)

columns

b)

groups

c)

periods

d)

metals

14.

What is a substance formed when two or more elements are combined chemically?

a)

solution

b)

air molecule

c)

alloy

d)

compound or molecule

15.

What is the principle that the properties of the elements recur periodically as their atomic numbers increase?


a)

periodic law

b)

periodic table

c)

ionization energy

d)

electron affinity

16.

What is electron configuration?

a)
The speed of electrons in an atom.
b)
The total number of protons in an atom.
c)
The mass of an electron in an atom.
d)
The arrangement of electrons in an atom's orbitals.
17.
If you want to know which atom an element is, then count the _____
a)
protons
b)
neutrons
c)
electrons
d)
nucleons
18.

How many protons are in the element Nitrogen?

a)

7

b)

14.01

c)

21.01

d)

Nitrogen doesn't have protons

19.
What does the nucleus of an atom contain?
a)
Electrons and neutrons
b)
Protons and neutrons
c)
DNA and RN
20.

Explain why isotopes of the same element have different mass numbers.

a)

They have different numbers of protons.

b)

They have different numbers of neutrons.

c)

They have different numbers of electrons.

d)

They have different numbers of protons and electrons.

21.

What is a model that can be used to make accurate predictions?

a)

Scientific model

b)
Random guessing
c)
Machine learning model
d)

Statistical model

22.

Elements that are malleable, ductile, conductors, and corrode with water and oxygen.

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

d)

Noble gases

23.

Elements that are brittle as solids, good insulators, dull looking and many are gases

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

d)

Noble gases

24.

Elements that are shiny or dull, are able to conduct electricity, and can be malleable and ductile

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

c)

Metalloids

d)

Noble gases

25.

Soft and silvery, most reactive metals, very reactive with water

a)
Alkali metals
b)
Alkaline earth metals
c)
Noble gases
d)
Transition metals
26.

Reactive metals, white, malleable, found in flares and flash grenades

a)

Alkali metals

b)

Precious metals

c)

Alkaline Earth metals

d)

Rare Earth Metals

27.

The B Groups...used in coins, jewelry, wiring...make brightly colored compounds

a)
Noble gases
b)
Alkaline earth metals
c)
Transition metals
d)
Halogens
28.

Group 3A...one metalloid and five metals...has the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust

a)

Boron Family

b)

Carbon Family

c)

Nitrogen Family

d)

Oxygen Family

29.

Group 4A...one nonmetal, 2 metalloids and three metals...has the element of life

a)

Boron Family

b)

Carbon Family

c)

Nitrogen Family

d)

Oxygen Family

30.

Group 5A...2 nonmetal, 2 metalloids and 2 metals...has the element that makes up 78% of the atmosphere....has elements found in dynamite and matches

a)

Boron Family

b)

Carbon Family

c)

Nitrogen Family

d)

Oxygen Family

31.

Group 6A...3 nonmetal, 2 metalloids and 1 metal...has the most element in the Earth's crust...reactive

a)

Boron Family

b)

Carbon Family

c)

Nitrogen Family

d)

Oxygen Family

32.

Group 7A...5 nonmetals, 1 metalloid...most reactive nonmetals

a)

Carbon Family

b)

Nitrogen Family

c)

Halogens

d)

Noble Gases

33.

Group 8A...colorless, odorless, unreactive gases...full energy levels.....all except one have an octet

a)

Carbon Family

b)

Nitrogen Family

c)

Halogens

d)

Noble Gases

34.

  • Which answer states that atoms will react in order to have 8 electrons in their outer ring?

a)
Electron Configuration Theory
b)
Valence Shell Principle
c)
Chemical Bonding Law
d)
Octet Rule
35.

What element is shown in the diagram?

a)

F

b)

Ne

c)

K

d)

Ca

36.

How many energy levels does the atom in the diagram have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

37.

How many valence electrons does the atom in the diagram have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

10

d)

18

38.

How many shielding electrons does the atom in the diagram have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

10

d)

18

39.

What is the effective nuclear charge of the atom in the diagram?

a)

+1

b)

+2

c)

-1

d)

-2

40.

What elements form positive ions, and what are those ions called?

a)

Metals, cations

b)

Metals, anions

c)

Nonmetals, cations

d)

Nonmetals, anions

41.

What elements form negative ions, and what are those ions called?

a)

Metals, cations

b)

Metals, anions

c)

Nonmetals, cations

d)

Nonmetals, anions

42.

What is the energy required to remove an electron from an atom?

a)

electron affinity

b)

Ionization energy

c)

electronegativity

d)

shielding effect

43.

What is the energy absorbed or released when an atom takes an electron?

a)

electron affinity

b)

Ionization energy

c)

electronegativity

d)

shielding effect

44.

What is the tendency of an atom to pull or tug on electrons in a bond?

a)

electron affinity

b)

Ionization energy

c)

electronegativity

d)

shielding effect

45.

What describes the attraction between the nucleus of an atom and its electrons when the atom has more than one shell/energy level?

a)

electron affinity

b)

Ionization energy

c)

electronegativity

d)

shielding effect

46.

Which of the following would have a higher ionization energy?

a)

Na

b)

Ba

c)

C

d)

F

47.

Which of the following would have a higher electronegativity?

a)

Na

b)

Ba

c)

C

d)

F

48.

Which of the following would have a higher electron affinity?

a)

Na

b)

Ba

c)

C

d)

F

49.

Which of the following would have the largest atomic radii?

a)

Na

b)

Ba

c)

C

d)

F

50.

Which of the following would have the smallest atomic radii?

a)

Na

b)

Ba

c)

C

d)

F

51.

Which of the following would have the smallest atomic radii?

a)

Li+1

b)

Ba+2

c)

P-4

d)

F-1

52.

Look at the bohr models of Li and Be. Imagine the first valence electron was already removed from both atoms, and now you are going to remove the second valence electron. The energy required to remove the second valence electron is called second ionization energy. Would lithium or beryllium have a higher second ionization energy ?

a)

Li, because it has more protons

b)

Be, because it has more protons

c)

Li, because the second valence electron comes from an energy level closer to the nucleus

d)

Be, because the second valence electron comes from an energy level closer to the nucleus

e)

Li, because the beryllium has two valence electrons that repel each other

53.
What atom matches this electron configuration?
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d10
a)
Zinc
b)
Copper
c)
Nickel
d)
Germanium
54.

This Aufbau orbital diagram represents:  

a)
C
b)
B
c)
N
d)
O
55.
Which element is pictured?
a)
neon
b)
fluorine
c)
magnesium
d)
argon
56.
What electron configuration matches an oxygen atom?
a)
1s22s22p63s2, 3p64s23d104p5
b)
1s22s22p4
c)
1s22s22p6
d)
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d1
57.

Which elements lose electrons?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

58.

Which elements have a low ionization energy?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

59.

Which elements have a high electronegativity?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

60.

Which elements gain electrons?

a)

Metals

b)

Nonmetals

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