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Periodic Table

Quiz by Kay Cottrell

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  • Q1
    What do the periods on the periodic table have in common?
    The number of electron orbitals or spheres
    The same number of electrons
    The exact same characteristics
    30s
  • Q2
    Elements on the periodic table are ordered according to their
    atomic mass
    number of neutrons
    atomic number
    30s
  • Q3
    What do the groups in the periodic table have in common?
    The number of electron orbitals
    The number of electrons in their outer orbital
    The exact same characteristics
    30s
  • Q4
    The vertical rows in a periodic table are called
    Periods
    Alkali Metals
    Groups
    30s
  • Q5
    The horizontal rows in the Periodic Table are called
    Groups
    Noble Gasses
    Periods
    30s
  • Q6
    The first element in the modern periodic table is
    Oxygen
    Hydrogen
    Helium
    30s
  • Q7
    Elements at the extreme right of the periodic table are
    Noble Gases
    Metals
    Halogens
    Alkali Metals
    30s
  • Q8
    The Atomic Number of the element tells how many _____________ an atom of the element has.
    electrons
    protons
    neutrons
    30s
  • Q9
    The first noble gas is ____________
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    Argon
    Helium
    Neon
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the scientific symbol of mercury?
    Question Image
    80
    Mercury
    Hg
    M
    30s
  • Q11
    What is the Periodic Table?
    A list of elements not yet discovered by Mendeleev
    A group of periods
    A table that is not often used
    An arrangement of elements based on atomic number
    30s
  • Q12
    The number of protons in an atom is equal to the _____________ of the element.
    atomic number
    atomic mass
    atomic projection
    total mass
    30s
  • Q13
    A pure substance that cannot be broken down is a(n)
    group
    compound
    element
    molecule
    30s
  • Q14
    What is the heaviest element on the periodic table?
    nitrogen
    Ununoctium
    calcium
    hydrogen
    30s
  • Q15
    The scientist who invented the periodic table
    Charles Darwin
    Albert Einstein
    Dmitri Mendeleev
    Marie Curie
    30s

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