Periodic Table Jeopardy Review 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 Semimetals and nonmetals 10 Points • A characteristic of semi-metals. • What is brittle, hard, solid at room temperature? Semimetals and nonmetals 20 • These are poor conductors of heat and electricity. • What are nonmetals? Semimetals and nonmetals 30 • The most useful property of semimetals. • What is their varying ability to conduct electric current? Semimetals and nonmetals 40 • At room temperature all the semimetals are solid, while most nonmetals are ____. • What is a gas? Semimetals and nonmetals 50 • The group that is formed around the zigzag line. • What are the semimetals? Groups 10 • Why elements are found in the same column of the periodic table. • What is they have similar properties? Groups 20 • The most reactive metals are found in this group. • What is group 1, the alkali metals? Groups 30 • The name of the family that contains Fluorine, Iodine, and Chlorine. • What is the Halogen family? Groups 40 • The name given to elements in Groups 3-12. • What is transition metals? Groups 50 • Elements that do not ordinarily form compounds. • What are inert gases? Atoms 10 • In an atom, the number of protons equals what other subatomic particle? • What is an electron? Atoms 20 • The property of an element that indicates the number of protons in its atom. • What is the atomic number? Atoms 30 • Aluminum has 13 protons. What is it’s atomic number? • What is 13? Atoms 40 • Na has an atomic number of 11 and contains 12 neutrons. What is it’s atomic mass? • What is 23? Atoms 50 • Mg has at atomic number of 12 and an atomic mass of 24. How many neutrons are in an atom of Mg? • What is 12? Metals 10 • This term describes a metal that can pulled out, or drawn into a wire. • What is ductile? Metals 20 • The group that contains the most elements. • What are metals or transition metals? Metals 30 • Most metals are in this state of matter at room temperature. • What is solid? Metals 40 • The chemical reactivity of metals does this from left to right across the periodic table. • What is decrease? Metals 50 • If a metal reacts violently with water, in which group is it likely to be found? • What is Group 1? Hodge Podge 10 • This part of a square on the periodic table tells a one or two letter shortcut for writing elements. • What is a chemical symbol? Hodge Podge 20 • The two most common alkali metals. • What are Na and K? Hodge Podge 30 • Scientists use these machines to make synthetic elements. • What are particle accelerators ? Hodge Podge 40 • The two most common alkaline earth metals. • What are Ca and Mg? Hodge Podge 50 • Why it is difficult to determine the properties of newly created elements. • What is they are unstable and the nuclei break apart very quickly?