The Periodic Table
Read through sections of your textbook. Then answer the questions below. This packet will
serve as your notes.
The Periodic Table (pages 74-80)
1. What is the name for the columns on the periodic table?____________________________
2. What is the name for the rows on the periodic table?_______________________________
3. What are the four “regions” of the periodic table?
4. What are some common properties of metals?
5. What are some common properties of non-metals?
6. What are some common properties of metalloids?
7. What are some common properties of noble gases?
Periodicity and the Creation of the Periodic Table (pages 107-112)
8. Who was the person who first created the periodic table? Describe, in your own words, how he did
this and what he meant by periodicity.
9. Describe some problems with his periodic table.
10. Who reorganized the periodic table? What did he use to arrange the elements?
11. The
states that the physical and chemical properties of the elements are
periodic functions of their atomic numbers. (Simply put, elements in the same row or column have
similar properties.)
12. What can be noticed about the electron configurations of families on the periodic table? How does
this affect the properties of those elements?
13. Label each area indicated by a letter in the Periodic Table below.
14. Describe two interesting facts about noble gases.
15. Describe two interesting facts about alkali metals.
16. Describe two interesting facts about alkaline-earth metals.
17. Describe two interesting facts about transition metals.
18. What is meant by metallic characteristics? List some properties that metals have.
19. Describe two interesting facts about halogens.
20. Which element is considered in its own chemical family? Explain why this is.
How are Elements Created? (pages 127 – 131)
21. How many elements are considered naturally occurring?
22. What is nuclear fusion?
23. Which element is the most abundant in the universe?
24. According to the reading, how many elements have been created synthetically?
Post Reading:
Write the words below in the appropriate blank for items a-h. Some answers will be used more
than once.
Alkali metals
Alkaline-earth metals
Halogens
Noble gases
Transition metals
a. The
have a singe electron in the highest energy level.
b. The
electrons.
achieve the electron configurations of noble gases by losing two
c. The
vary in the number of electrons in the highest energy level.
d. The
electron.
achieve the electron configurations of noble gases by gaining one
e. The
have full s and p orbitals in the highest occupied energy levels.
f. The
are stable and unreactive.
g. The
are highly reactive and readily form salts with metals
h. The
are metals that are more reactive than the transition elements but
less reactive than the alkali metals.
i. Which of the following is a non-metallic group of elements?
A. Li, Na, K, Rb
B. F, Cl, Br, I
C. H, He, Li, Be
D. B, Al, Sc, Y
j. Which element would be the poorest conductor of electricity?
A. sodium
B. copper
C. sulfur
D. magnesium