5.3 & 5.4 Hazards, Safety & the Periodic Table
Read sections 5.3 & 5.4 in the text and answer the questions below.
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Explain WHMIS: what it stands for, what it tells you.
Explain MSDS: what it stands for, what it tells you.
Why is worker training an essential part of WHMIS and MSDS?
Compare metals to non-metals: where they are on the periodic table, how the
properties of state of matter, lustre, malleability and electrical conductivity
compare, give examples of each.
Compare chemical groups to chemical periods in the periodic table; where you
find them in the table, examples for each.
Compare the chemical groups alkali metals, alkaline earth, halogens and noble
gases; where you find them in the table, examples of each.
Describe and draw a labeled diagram of atomic structure: electrons, protons,
neutrons, where they are located in the atom.
Explain a Bohr-Rutherford diagram and draw a BR diagram for the following
elements: Lithium, Beryllium, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon.