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Periodic table practice test
Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.
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1. Which of the following orbital notations for phosphorus is correct?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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2. What is the frequency of a photon whose energy is 3.4
a. 8.8 1026 Hz
b. 5.1 1014 Hz
c. 1.9 10-15 Hz
d. 2.3 10-52 Hz
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3. The lowest energy state of an atom is its
a. highest-occupied energy level.
b. principle quantum number.
c. electron configuration.
d. ground state.
10-19 J? (h = 6.626
10-34 J•s)
PART I Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.
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4. When electrons change energy states, the amount of energy given off or absorbed is equal to
a. hc.
b. hv.
c. n.
d. cv.
PART III Choose the expression which is most closely related from the options that follow each
question.
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5. An electron occupies the lowest energy orbital that can receive it.
a. Hunds’s rule
b. Pauli exclusion principle
c. Bohr model of the atom
d. Aufbau principle
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6. All orbitals of equal energy are occupied by one electron before any single orbital is occupied by a second
electron.
a. Hund’s rule
b. Pauli exclusion principle
c. Bohr model of the atom
d. Aufbau principle
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7. No two electrons in the same atom can have the same four quantum numbers.
a. Hund’s rule
b. Pauli exclusion principle
c. Bohr model of the atom
d. Aufbau principle
PART V
Write the electron-configuration notation for the following elements in the space provided.
8. fluorine, atomic number 9
9. calcium, atomic number 20
10. iron, atomic number 26
Write the noble-gas notation for the following elements in the space provided.
11. barium, atomic number 56
Write the orbital notation for the following elements in the space provided.
12. lithium, atomic number 3
13. carbon, atomic number 6
14. neon, atomic number 10
Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.
____ 15. The process of an atom releasing energy when it moves to a lower energy state is called
a. absorption.
b. emission.
c. translation.
d. regression.
____ 16. In the Bohr model of the atom, in which orbit is an electron in its lowest energy state?
a. in the orbit closest to the nucleus
b. in the orbit farthest from the nucleus
c. in the electron cloud
d. midway between two orbits
Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.
____ 17. How many different orientations are there for d orbitals?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7
____ 18. How many electrons can a d sublevel contain?
a. 2
b. 6
c. 10
d. 16
Use the periodic table below to answer the questions in this Chapter Test.
Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.
____ 19. Mendeleev organized the chemical elements based on their
a. symbols.
b. properties.
c. atomic numbers.
d. charges.
____ 20. A horizontal row in the periodic table is called a(n)
a. family.
b. group.
c. octet.
d. period.
____ 21. Which of the following elements has the greatest atomic radius?
a. Al
b. S
c. Si
d. C
____ 22. Which of the following elements has the lowest electronegativity?
a. C
b. F
c. Li
d. O
____ 23. In forming an ion, from which sublevel would an atom of nickel lose electrons first?
a. 4s
b. 3d
c. 3p
d. 3s
PART I Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.
____ 24. In his periodic table, Mendeleev did not list all of the elements in order of increasing atomic mass because he
wanted to group together elements with similar
a. properties.
b. atomic numbers.
c. isotopes.
d. charges.
____ 25. The halogens are located on the periodic table in Group
a. 1.
b. 2.
c. 17.
d. 18.
PART II Write the correct term (or terms) in the space provided.
26. The electron configuration of an element in its ground state is [Ar]3d104s24p5. This element is in the
____________________ period.
27. The electrons available to be gained, lost, or shared in the formation of chemical compounds are called
____________________.
28. The measure of the ability of an atom in a chemical compound to attract electrons from another atom in the
compound is called ____________________.
29. The energy required to remove one electron from an atom is called its ____________________.
30. The valence electron configuration for the Group 16 element in Period 3 is ____________________.
PART III Write the answers to the following questions in the space provided.
31. Of the following elements, which has the largest atomic radius: sodium (atomic number 11), magnesium
(atomic number 12), phosphorus (atomic number 15), and chlorine (atomic number 17). Explain your answer
in terms of trends in the periodic table.
32. Describe the general trends in ionization energies down a group and across a period.
33. State the periodic law.
34. How do the sizes of a cation and an anion compare with the sizes of the neutral atoms from which they are
formed?
PART V
In the space provided, identify the period and block to which each of the following elements belongs.
35. Strontium: 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p65s2
In the space provided, write the ground-state valence electron configuration for each of the following
elements.
36. Group 15, Period 3
In the space provided, list the charge of the ion most likely to be formed from the element and the name
of the noble gas with an electron configuration achieved by that formation. (The atomic numbers of the
noble gases are: He, 2; Ne, 10; Ar, 18; Kr, 36; Xe, 54; and Rn, 86.)
37. lithium (atomic number 3)
38. oxygen (atomic number 8)
39. sulfur (atomic number 16)
Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.
____ 40. On most periodic tables, the lanthanides and actinides appear
a. on a separate page.
b. below the main portion.
c. on the back.
d. at the top.
Periodic table practice test
Answer Section
1. ANS: C
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2. ANS: B
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TOP: Chapter 4 Test A
3. ANS: D
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TOP: Chapter 4 Test A
4. ANS: B
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5. ANS: D
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6. ANS: A
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7. ANS: B
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8. ANS:
1s22s22p5
PTS: 1
9. ANS:
1s22s22p63s23p64s2
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STA: TEKS C.6E TOP: Chapter 4 Test A
STA: TEKS C.6B | TEKS C.6C
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STA: TEKS C.6C | TEKS C.6E
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TOP: Chapter 4 Test B
PTS: 1
STA: TEKS C.6E
10. ANS:
1s22s22p63s23p63d64s2
TOP: Chapter 4 Test B
PTS: 1
11. ANS:
[Xe] 6s2
STA: TEKS C.6E
TOP: Chapter 4 Test B
PTS: 1
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STA: TEKS C.6E
TOP: Chapter 4 Test B
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STA: TEKS C.6E
TOP: Chapter 4 Test B
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Chapter 4 Test B
TEKS C.6A TOP:
TEKS C.6A TOP:
TEKS C.6E TOP:
TEKS C.6E TOP:
Chapter 4 Test B
Chapter 4 Test B
Chapter 4 Test B
Chapter 4 Test B
Chapter 4 - Section Quiz 1
Chapter 4 - Section Quiz 1
Chapter 4 - Section Quiz 2
Chapter 4 - Section Quiz 2
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fourth
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Chapter 5 Test A
D
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A
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C
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Chapter 5 Test B
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TEKS C.5C TOP: Chapter 5 Test A
TEKS C.5C TOP: Chapter 5 Test A
TEKS C.5C TOP: Chapter 5 Test A
TEKS C.3F | TEKS C.5A
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
PTS: 1
27. ANS:
valence electrons
STA: TEKS C.5C | TEKS C.6E
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
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28. ANS:
electronegativity
STA: TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
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29. ANS:
ionization energy
STA: TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
PTS: 1
30. ANS:
3s23p4
STA: TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
PTS: 1
STA: TEKS C.5C TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
31. ANS:
Sodium has the largest atomic radius. All the elements belong to Period 3, but sodium has the lowest atomic
number and is therefore the first element in Period 3. Atomic radii decrease as you move from left to right
across a period.
PTS: 1
STA: TEKS C.5C TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
32. ANS:
In general, ionization energies of maingroup elements increase from left to right across a period and decrease
down a group.
PTS: 1
STA: TEKS C.5C TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
33. ANS:
The physical and chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
PTS: 1
STA: TEKS C.5A | TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
34. ANS:
The ionic radii of cations are always smaller than the atomic radii of the neutral atoms from which they are
formed. The ionic radii of anions are always larger than the atomic radii of the neutral atoms from which they
are formed.
PTS: 1
35. ANS:
Period 5, s block
STA: TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
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36. ANS:
3s23p3
STA: TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
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37. ANS:
1 , helium
STA: TEKS C.5C | TEKS C.6E
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38. ANS:
2 , neon
STA: TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
PTS: 1
39. ANS:
2 , argon
STA: TEKS C.5C
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
PTS: 1
40. ANS: B
STA: TEKS C.5C
PTS: 1
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B
STA: TEKS C.5B TOP: Chapter 5 - Section Quiz 1
TOP: Chapter 5 Test B