Periodic Table Worksheet
Name ___________________________
1. How are the elements in the periodic table arranged? ______________________________________
2. The word periodic means “_______________”. This term is applied to the periodic table since elements show
repeating patterns (trends) in their properties. Below are 4 examples of periodic trends. Define each and state the trend
Property
Description/definition
Trend down
a group
Atomic radius
A measure of the ____________ of the atom
Ionization energy
Energy required to __________ the most weakly held e- from an atom
Electronegativity
Measure of the attraction of an element for ____________ electrons.
Trend across
a period
3. Periodic table is organized into groups and periods. What information does each give us about an element?
i.
Group ____________________________Period____________________________________
4. An element has 4 shells and 7 valence electrons. Identify the element. ______________
5. Elements in the same group have the same number of valence electrons and are called a “family”. Why is this?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Some groups are given specific names. What are the names given to the following groups/families?
a Group I
__________________
b Group II
__________________
c Group 7
__________________
d Group 8
__________________
e Groups (in the middle)
__________________
f Elements around the staircase
__________________
g The two rows at the bottom of the PT
__________________
7. The noble gases are the most stable group of elements since they have _________________outer shells
8. A complete shell typically consists of _____electrons which is also known as an __________________
9. Elements that don’t have complete outer shells can do so by bonding with other elements in one of two ways
a They can __________ their outer electrons electrons to each other forming an _____________bond
b They can __________ their outer electrons forming a _______________ bond.
10.
11.
When elements bond, they aim to get an octet in their outer shells. This is called the ____________ rule
When elements lose or gain electrons, they form __________ (charged atoms) of which there are two types
a __________ (negatively charged, formed when an element receives one or more e-, typically non-metals)
b __________ (positively charged, formed when an element loses 1 or more e-. Typically, metals)
12.
Complete the following table.
Group
1
2
13 / 3A
14/ 4A
16 / 6A
17 / 7A
18 / 8A
Family Name
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Charge on Ions of this Group
Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt
13. Periodic Table Scavenger hunt
a This element has 1 more proton than germanium __________
b This element forms a cation with a 2+ charge and is larger than chlorine __________
c This element forms an anion with a 3- charge and is larger than nitrogen __________
d This element loses 1 electron and is larger than cesium ___________
e This element has more protons than Se, less protons than Sr and forms an anion with a 1- charge
f This element has 4 valence electrons and is the smallest in the group _________
g Which element is a metal: Ba (56) or At (85)?
____________
h Which period is Ca (20) in?
____________
i What is the number of the group N (7) is in?
____________
j Which element is an alkali metal: Rb (37) or Al (13)? ____________
k
Which element is a halogen: Na (11) or Cl (17)?
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Periodic Table Vocabulary: Fill in the blanks using the word bank.
1. actinide series
2. alkali metal 3. alkaline earth metal. 4. Anion 5. atomic mass 6. atomic number
7. cation
8. family 9. group 10. halogen 11. lanthanide series 12. Metal. 13. metalloid
14. noble gas
15. nonmetal 16. period 17. periodic law 18. periodic table 19. inner transition metals 20. transition metal
Dmitri Mendeleev developed a chartlike arrangement of the elements called the ______________ . He stated
that if the elements were listed in order of increasing _________________, their properties repeated in a regular
manner. He called this the ____________________ of the elements. The arrangement used today differs from
that of Mendeleev in that the elements are arranged in order of increasing___________________ . Each
horizontal row of elements is called a(n) ____________________. Each vertical column is called a(n)
___________, or , because of the resemblance between elements in the same column, a(n) _____________
. In rows 4 through 7, there is a wide central section containing elements, each of which is called a(n)
_____________. Rows 6 and 7 also contain two other sets of elements that are listed below the main chart.
These are called the _________________________ and the _________________, respectively. Each of the
elements to the left of the staircase line of the chart, is classified as a(n) ________________. Each of the
elements at the right side of the staircase line is classified as a(n) ________________________ Each of the
elements between these two main types, having some properties like one type and other properties like the other
type, is called a(n) ________________. Each of the elements in the column labeled IA or 1 is called a(n)
____________________. Each of the elements in the column labeled IIA or 2 is called a(n)
________________. Each of the elements in column VIIA or 17 is called a(n) ____________________. Each of
the elements in column VIIIA or 0 or 18 is called a(n)
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