WorksheetsExploring Groups and Periods in Chemistry
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which group number contains the noble gases in the modern periodic table?
Group 1
Group 18
Group 2
Group 17
What is the period number for elements in the third row of the periodic table?
2
3
4
5
Which group do the alkali metals belong to?
Group 1
Group 2
Group 17
Group 18
How many periods are there in the modern periodic table?
5
6
7
8
Which group number contains the halogens?
Group 16
Group 17
Group 18
Group 15
What is the group number for the alkaline earth metals?
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 13
Which period does the element sodium (Na) belong to?
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Which group number is located at the far left of the periodic table?
Group 1
Group 2
Group 17
Group 18
If an element is in period 4 and group 2, which element is it?
Calcium (Ca)
Magnesium (Mg)
Potassium (K)
Strontium (Sr)
An element is found in group 17 and period 2. What is its name?
Chlorine (Cl)
Fluorine (F)
Bromine (Br)
Iodine (I)
Which element is located in period 5, group 1?
Rubidium (Rb)
Sodium (Na)
Potassium (K)
Cesium (Cs)
If an element is in group 16 and period 3, which element is it?
Oxygen (O)
Sulfur (S)
Selenium (Se)
Tellurium (Te)
Which element is found in group 13 and period 2?
Boron (B)
Aluminum (Al)
Gallium (Ga)
Indium (In)
An element is in period 4 and group 17. What is its name?
Bromine (Br)
Chlorine (Cl)
Iodine (I)
Fluorine (F)
A student is given the information that an element is in group 1 and period 2. Which element is it?
Lithium (Li)
Sodium (Na)
Potassium (K)
Rubidium (Rb)
If an element is in group 18 and period 4, which element is it?
Neon (Ne)
Argon (Ar)
Krypton (Kr)
Xenon (Xe)
A student is trying to locate an element that is a halogen in period 4. What steps should they take to identify the element?
Look for group 1, period 4.
Look for group 17, period 4, and identify the element as bromine (Br).
Look for group 18, period 4.
Look for group 2, period 4.
If you are given the group and period number of an element, describe how you would use this information to locate the element on the periodic table.
Find the group number at the top of the table and the period number on the left, then find where they intersect.
Find the period number at the top and the group number on the left, then find where they intersect.
Look for the atomic number only.
Look for the element symbol only.
Choose all of the areas that are considered a period.
What two elements are in the same Period?
K - Potassium and Na - Sodium
Li - Lithium and Mg - Magnesium
B - Boron and C - Carbon
Zn - Zinc and N - Nitrogen
