Periodic Table Worksheet [Type text][Type text] Name_______________
Please answer the following questions:
1. What is a valence electron?______________ ___________
2. What group is helium in? ___________________________
3. What period is helium in? ___________________________
4. In what energy level are helium’s valence electrons located?______________
5. What group is aluminum in?
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6. What period is aluminum in?
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7. In what energy level are aluminum’s valence electrons located?______________
8. What group is gold in?
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9. What period is gold in?
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10. In what energy level are gold’s valence electrons located? __________________
11. What group is sodium in? ___________________________
12. What period is sodium in?
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13. In what energy level are gold’s valence electrons located? __________________
14. What group is magnesium in?
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15. What period is magnesium in?___________________________
16. In what energy level are magnesium’s valence electrons located? _____________
17. What group is chlorine in?
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18. What period is chlorine in?
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19. In what energy level are chlorine’s valence electrons located ?______________
20. What is the relationship between the atomic radius of an atom and the energy level
that its valence electrons are located in? __________________
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21. Which element has the greatest atomic radius: Helium aluminum, gold, magnesium
or chlorine? Explain why: __________________________________
22. What is the group name for the group containing bromine?
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23. What is the group electron configuration for this group? ___________________
24. How many valence electrons do atoms in this group have?__________________
25. What is the group name for the group containing sodium?
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26. What is the group electron configuration for this group? ___________________
27. How many valence electrons do elements in this group have? ________________
28. What is the group name for the group containing krypton?
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29. What is the group electron configuration for this group? ___________________
30. How many valence electrons do elements in this group have? ________________
31. What is the group name for the group containing calcium?
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32. What is the group electron configuration for this group? ___________________
33. How many valence electrons do elements in this group have? ________________
34. What is the period name containing uranium?
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35. What do all elements in this location have in common? _____________________
36. Is lithium a metal, non-metal or metalloid?
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37. Does lithium have a greater tendency to lose or gain electrons? ______________
38. Is magnesium a metal, non-metal or metalloid?__________________________
39. Is carbon a metal, non-metal or metalloid?
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40. Is nitrogen a metal, non-metal or metalloid?
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41. Does lithium have a greater tendency to lose or gain electrons? ______________
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42. Is oxygen a metal, non-metal or metalloid?
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43. Does oxygen have a greater tendency to lose or gain electrons
44. Is fluorine a metal, non-metal or metalloid?
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45. Does fluorine have a greater tendency to lose or gain electrons?_____________
46. Metals have a tendency to _________ electrons and nonmetals have a tendency to
____________ electrons___________ Why?________________________________
47. How many electrons does a bromine atom gain to have the electron configuration of
the closest noble gas?_______________
48. What is the charge on a bromide ion?
_________________________
49. How many electrons does a sulfur atom gain to have the electron configuration of the
closest noble gas?_______________
50. What is the charge on a sulfide ion?
_________________________
51. How many electrons does an oxygen atom gain to have the electron configuration of
the closest noble gas?_______________
52. What is the charge on an oxide ion?
_________________________
53. How many electrons does a phosphorus atom gain to have the electron configuration
of the closest noble gas?_______________
54. What is the charge on a phosphide ion? _________________________
55. How many electrons does a magnesium atom lose to have the electron configuration
of the closest noble gas?_______________
56. What is the charge on a magnesium ion? _________________________
57. How many electrons does a sodium atom lose to have the electron configuration of
the closest noble gas?_______________
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58. What is the charge on a sodium ion?
_________________________
59. What is the charge on an aluminum ion? _________________________
60. How many electrons does potassium lose to form an ion? ______________
61. How many electrons does a calcium lose to form an ion? ______________
62. How many electrons does a hydrogen lose to form an ion? ______________
63. How many protons does potassium lose to form an ion? ______________
64. How many neutrons does a lithium lose to form an ion? ______________
65. Name all the elements in the halogen group_____________________________
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66. Name the first four elements in the alkali metals group ____________________
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67. Name four elements in the transition metals groups
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68. Name all the metalloids ________________________________________
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69. Name the two groups that make up the s block on the periodic table:__________
70. Name the groups that make up the p block on the periodic table:__________
71. Name the groups that make up the d block on the periodic table:__________
72. Name theperioids that make up the p block on the periodic table:__________
73. Is the charge on silver positive or negative?
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74. Is the charge on chloride positive or negative?
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75. Is the charge on bromide positive or negative? ____________________
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76. Is the charge on calcium positive or negative?
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77. Why are lithium, sodium and hydrogen all in group1? ___________________
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78. Why are fluorine, chlorine and bromine all in group 17? __________________
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79. Why are magnesium and calcium in group 2? __________________________
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80. Name two metals in the actinide series
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81. Name two metals in the lanthanide series ____________________________
82. How does atomic nuclei change from the left side of the table to the right?
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83. How does electronegativity change from the bottom left to the top right of the table?
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84. How does electron affinity change from the bottom left to the top right of the table?
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85. How does ionization energy change from the bottom left to the top right of the table?
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86. What kind of ions and what charge do Alkali Metal elements form?
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87. What kind of ions and what charge do Halogen’s form? _____________________
88. What kind of ions and what charge do Alkaline Earth elements form?
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89. What kind of ions and what charge do Nobel Gases form? __________________
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90. Who organized the first Periodic Table and what was it based on?
______________________________ __________________________
91. Who reorganized the periodic table and what was it based on?
____________________________ ______________________________
92. What was the significance of the gaps in the periodic table?_________________
93. Who fixed the periodic table and what was the basis of the new table?
_______________________
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94. What period are the Actinides in? _______________________
95. What period are the Lanthanides in? _______________________
96. What blocks are the Main Group Elements in? ______________________
97. What block are the Halogens in? _____________________________
98. What block is sodium in? _______________________________
99. What block is iron in? ________________________________
100.
What block is chlorine in? _______________________________
101.
What block is uranium in? ________________________________
102.
Does a sodium atom have a larger or smaller atomic radii then a chlorine atom?
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103.
Does a cesium atom have a larger or smaller atomic radii then a lithium atom?
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104.
Does xenon have a larger or smaller atomic radii then neon?
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105.
Is it harder to remove an electron from chlorine or potassium? _______________
106.
Who has the higher ionization energy- chlorine or potassium? _______________
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107.
Is it harder to remove an electron from- cesium or phosphorus?
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108.
Who has the higher ionization energy -cesium or phosphorus?
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109.
Which element wants to hold on to an electron more strongly lithium or iodine?
____________________________
110.
In a chemical compound which element attracts electrons more strongly sulfur or
calcium? ___________________________________
111.
In a chemical compound which element attracts electrons more strongly barium or
chlorine? ___________________________________
112.
In a chemical compound which element attracts electrons more strongly iron or
oxygen? ___________________________________113.
Which is more reactive lithium or cesium? _______________________
114.
Which is more reactive iodine or fluorine? ________________________
115.
Which is more reactive magnesium or barium?______________________
116.
Which is more reactive sodium or fluorine? _________________________
117.
Electrons that are lost, gained or shared in a chemical compound are called
_______________________ electrons.
118.
Cations have a _________________ charge.
119.
Anions have a _________________ charge
120.
Metals generally form _______________ ions.
121.
Does sodium form a cation or anion? ______________
122.
Does oxygen form a cation or anion/ ______________
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