X Unit 10
The Periodic Table
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Unit 10 Textbook Questions
Directions: Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper and in complete sentences.
1. Explain the contribution of Newland’s Law of Octaves to the development of the modern periodic table?
2. How was Mendeleev’s periodic table organized?
3. What is the periodic law?
4. Identify each of the following as a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid.
a. Oxygen
b. Barium
c. Germanium
d. Iron
e. Neon
f. Praseodymium
5. Match each numbered item on the right with the lettered item that is related to it on the left.
a. alkali metals / 1. group 18b. halogens / 2. group 1
c. alkaline earth metals / 3. group 2
d. noble gases / 4. group 17
6. What is the purpose of the heavy stair-step line on the periodic table?
7. Why do the element chlorine and iodine have similar chemical properties?
8. How are the numbers of valence electrons of the Groups 1, 2, and 13-18 elements related to the group number?
9. Define an ion.
10. Identify each of the following as an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, lanthanide, or actinide.
a. Cesium
b. Zirconium
c. Gold
d. Ytterbium
e. Uranium
f. Francium
Periodic Table Worksheet
1. What are the rows on the periodic table called?
2. What are the columns on the periodic table called?
3. What are the names of the following groups:
a. Group 1 =
b. Group 2 =
c. Group 17 =
d. Group 18 =
e. “d block” =
f. “f block” =
4. What is the difference between an atom and an ion? What is the difference between the comparative number of protons and electrons in an atom versus an ion?
5. Define the following:
a. Ionization energy
b. Electron affinity
c. Electronegativity
6. Where are the metals located on the periodic table?
7. Where are the nonmetals located on the periodic table?
8. Which elements are metalloids and where are they located on the periodic table?
9. Which is not part of the alkali metals even though it’s in group 1?
Periodic Properties Worksheet
1. Circle the element in each pair with the largest atomic radius.
a. Li or Rb
b. Li or B
c. F or In
2. Circle the element in each pair with the greatest ionization energy:
a. Na or Cs
b. Na or Cl
c. F or Ca
3. Circle the element in each pair with the greatest metallic character:
a. Na or Rb
b. K or Br
c. Al or Cl
4. Circle the element in each pair with the greatest electronegativity:
a. F or I
b. Li or C
c. Mg or Ba
5. Rank the following elements from smallest to largest atomic radius:
a. F, K, Be
b. Mg, Cl, Si
c. Te, S, Se, O
6. Rank the following elements from smallest to largest ionization energy:
a. Ge, C, Si
b. Br, K, As, Ge
c. O, K, Si, F
7. Rank the following elements from the smallest to largest amount of metallic character:
a. Be, Ca, Mg, Sr
b. Br, Ga, Sc, K
c. Se, Br, Cs, Ru
8. Rank the following elements from smallest to largest electronegativity:
a. Ca, K, Se
b. Br, I, Cl, F
c. Rb, Li, Na, Fr
9. Circle the atom in each pair that has the larger atomic radius:
a. Li or K e. Cl or Br
b. Ca or Ni f. Be or Ba
c. Ga or B g. Si or S
d. O or C h. Fe or Au
10. Circle the atom in each pair that has the larger ionization energy:
a. Na or O e. I or Ne
b. Be or Ba f. K or V
c. Ar or F g. Ca or Fr
d. Cu or Ra h. W or Se