Name __________________ Date ____________ Period _________
Finding Your Way Around the Periodic Table
Homework ______
Use the periodic table in the back of your Integrated Science Book to find
the following information:
1. Fill in the following chart (write the following words on the appropriate
line: state of matter, atomic number, symbol, atomic mass, element name)
Hafnium
a_________________
72
b_________________
Hf
c_________________
d_________________
178.49
e_________________
2. According to the key, what are the words associated with each of the
following colors?
a. Blue ________
b. green _______
c. yellow _______
3. Draw the symbols for the following states of matter (according to the
key).
Gas:
liquid:
Solid:
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Synthetic elements:
4. Using the atomic number as a guide, make a list of the first 20 elements
including the name and the symbol.
Atomic
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Element Name
Symbol
Hydrogen
H
5. Are most elements solids, liquids or gases?
TEACHER'S KEY
Finding Your Way Around the Periodic Table
Homework ______
Use the periodic table in the back of your Integrated Science Book to find
the following information:
1. Fill in the following chart (write the following words on the appropriate
line: state of matter, atomic number, symbol, atomic mass, element name)
Hafnium
72
Hf
a ELEMENT NAME
b ATOMIC NUMBER
c SYMBOL
d STATE OF MATTER
178.49
e ATOMIC MASS
2. According to the key, what are the words associated with each of the
following colors?
a. Blue -METAL
b. green -METALLOID
c. yellow -NONMETAL
3. Draw the symbols for the following states of matter (according to the
key).
Gas: (BALLOON)
liquid: (DROP OF WATER)
Solid: (BLOCK)
Synthetic elements:
4. Using the atomic number as a guide, make a list of the first 20 elements
including the name and the symbol.
Atomic
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Element Name
Symbol
Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium
Beryllium
Boron
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Fluorine
Neon
Sodium
Magnesium
Aluminum
Silicon
Phosphorous
Sulfur
Chlorine
Argon
Potassium
Calcium
H
He
Li
Be
B
C
N
O
F
Ne
Na
Mg
Al
Si
P
S
Cl
Ar
K
Ca
5. Are most elements solids, liquids or gases?
Solids