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Multiple Choice
Circle the correct answer.
1. Most of the elements in the periodic table are
a. Metals
b. Metalloids
c. Gases
d. Nonmetals
2. Mendeleev arranged the elements by
a. Density
b. Melting point
c. Appearance
d. Increasing atomic mass
3. The horizontal rows on the periodic table are called
a. Groups
b. Families
c. Periods
d. Atomic numbers
4. Which one of the following tells the physical state of an element at room
temperature
a. The atomic number
b. The color of the chemical symbol
c. The atomic mass
d. The element name
5. How do the physical and chemical properties of the elements change
a. Within a group
b. Across each period
c. Within a family
d. Across each group
6. Transition metals are
a. Good conductors of thermal energy
b. More reactive than alkali metals
c. Not good conductors of electric current
d. Used to make aluminum
7. The vertical columns on elements on the periodic table are called
a. Periods
b. Semiconductors
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c. Atomic mass
d. Groups
8. Mendeleev’s periodic table was useful because it
a. Showed the elements arranged by atomic number
b. Has no empty spaces
c. Showed the atomic number of the elements
d. Allowed for the prediction of the properties of missing elements
9. Most nonmetals are
a. Shiny
b. Poor conductors of electric
c. Flatten when hit with a hammer
d. Solid at room temperature
10. Which of the following items is NOT found on the periodic table?
a. The atomic number of each element
b. The name of each element
c. The date that each element was discovered
d. The atomic mass of each element
11. Which of the following statements about the periodic table is false?
a. There are more metals than nonmetals on the periodic table.
b. Atoms of elements in the same group have the same number of
electrons in their outer shell
c. The elements at the far left of the periodic table are nonmetals
d. Elements are arranged by increasing atomic number
12. Which of the following statements about alkali metals is true?
a. Alkali metals are generally found in their uncombined form
b. Alkali metals are group 1 elements
c. Alkali metals should be stored underwater
d. Alkali metals are unreactive
13. Which of the following statements about elements is true?
a. Every element occurs naturally
b. All elements are found in their uncombined form in nature
c. Each element has a unique atomic number
d. All of the elements exist in approximately equal quantities
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14. Periodic means
a. Happening in regular intervals
b. Happening very rarely
c. Happening frequently
d. Happening three or four times a year
15. Periodic law states that
a. Elements are either gases, solids, or liquids
b. Mercury is a liquid at room temperature
c. Properties of elements change periodically with the elements
atomic numbers
d. Some elements only stay in a liquid state for short periods
Matching
Match the correct description with the correct term. Write the letter in
the space to the left of the number.
16. The metals react with water to form hydrogen
17. This metal, part of the Boron group,
is used for aircraft parts
18. This is important to most living things
a. aluminum
b. argon
c. halogens
d. nitrogen
e. oxygen
f. alkali metals
h. carbon
i. hydrogen
19. Chlorine and iodine are these
20. This is a colorless, odorless gas
21. Diamond and graphite are forms of this
22. This makes up 80% of the air we breathe
23. Light bulbs last longer when they are filled with this gas
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Label the parts
Mass #
Atomic #
12
6
Chemical Symbol
C
Complete each of the following sentences
Noble gas
Halogen
alkaline-earth metal
alkali metal
24. An atom of a(n) ____ Noble gas _______ has a full set of electrons in its
outermost energy level.
25. An atom of a(an) _____ alkali metal _____ has one electron in its
outermost energy level
26. An atom of a(n) _ Halogen ________ tends to gain one electron when it
combines with another atom.
27. An atom of a(n) alkaline-earth metal tends to lose two electrons when it
combines with another atom.
Label the following sections of the periodic table:
Lanthanides, actinides, metalloids, transition metals, alkali metals,
halogens, noble gases, alkaline earth metals, nonmetals
Alkali Metal
Alkaline Earth
Metal
Noble Gas
Nonmetal
Halogen
Transition
Metalloid
Lanthanide
Actinide