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Properties of Elements in the Periodic Table

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the Scientist who was the father of the Periodic table.

a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Niels Bohr
d)
Dmitri Mendeleev
2.

What does Atomic number in the periodic table represent?

a)
The atomic number represents the total number of electrons in an atom.
b)
The atomic number is the number of neutrons in an atom.
c)
The atomic number represents the number of protons in an atom.
d)
The atomic number indicates the mass of an atom in atomic mass units.
3.

When did Mendeleev start organizing the Periodic Table?

a)
1901
b)
1886
c)
1875
d)

1860

4.

TRUE OR FALSE.

Elements were arranged by increasing Atomic number from left to right of the Periodic table.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

TRUE OR FALSE.

There are 83 known elements in the Periodic table.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Which group of elements are found to the left of the staircase in the Periodic table.

a)
Metals
b)
Nonmetals
c)
Noble gases
d)
Metalloids
7.

What is a Group or Family in the Periodic table?

a)
A group or family in the periodic table is a vertical column of elements with similar chemical properties.
b)
A group is a collection of elements that have the same atomic number.
c)
A family refers to elements that are chemically inert and do not react.
d)
A group is a horizontal row of elements with different properties.
8.

Which element is found on the "wrong side" of the periodic table?

a)
Gold
b)
Oxygen
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Carbon
9.

Two of the Periodic table elements are liquids.

a)

Carbon and Nitrogen

b)

Mercury and Bromine

c)

Calcium and Magnesium

d)

Hydrogen and Chlorine

10.

What is a Period in the Periodic table?

a)
A period is a horizontal row of elements in the periodic table.
b)
A period is a vertical column of elements in the periodic table.
c)
A period refers to the atomic mass of an element.
d)
A period is a group of elements with similar properties.
11.

Each horizontal row on the periodic table is called a what?

(a)  
Choose from the below words
Group
Row
Period
Family
12.

Match the following

a)

Oxygen

1.

non-metal

b)

Calcium

2.

alkali earth metal

c)

Copper

3.

transition metal

d)

Bromine

4.

halogen

e)

Xenon

5.

noble gas

13.

Match the following elements with the correct family.

a)

Oxygen

1.

non-metal

b)

Calcium

2.

alkali earth metal

c)

Copper

3.

transition metal

d)

Bromine

4.

halogen

e)

Xenon

5.

noble gas

14.
A vertical column is called...
a)
group
b)
tower
c)
period
d)
crew
15.

Find the Element: Group 1, Period 2

a)
Magnesium (Mg)
b)
Beryllium (Be)
c)
Sodium (Na)
d)
Lithium (Li)
16.

Find the Element in the Periodic Table: Group 16, Period 2

a)
Nitrogen
b)
Fluorine
c)
Carbon
d)
Oxygen
17.

Magnesium is a _____.

a)

metalloid

b)
metal
c)
gas
d)
non-metal
18.

Which Element group is the most reactive?

a)
Transition metals (Groups 3-12)
b)
Noble gases (Group 18)
c)
Alkali metals (Group 1)
d)
Halogens (Group 17)
19.

Group 17 is also known as ___.

a)
metalloids
b)
alkali metals
c)
noble gases
d)
halogens
20.

Most of the elements in the Periodic table are ____.

a)
nonmetals
b)
noble gases
c)
metalloids
d)
metals