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PracticeTestch 6 PeriodicTable
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completesthe statementor answersthe question.
1. What is anothername for the representativeelements?
c. Group C elements
a. Group A elements
d. transition elements
b. Group B elements
2. What is anothername for the transition metals?
c. Group B elements
a. noble gases
d. Group C elements
b. Group A elements
3. Which of the following elementsis in the sameperiod as pliosphorus?
c. nitrogen
a. carbon
d. oxygen
b. magnesium
4. Which subatomicparticle plays the greatestpart in determining the propertiesof an element?
c. neutron
a. proton
d. none of the above
b. electron
5. Which of the following elementsis a transition metal?
c. tellurium
a. cesium
d. tin
b. copper
6. Which of the following groupingscontainsonly representativeelements?
c. Al, Mg, Li
a. Cu, Co, Cd
d. Hg, Cr, Ag
Ni,
Fe,
Zn
b.
7, What are the Group 1A and Group 7A elementsexamplesof?
c. noble gases
a. representativeelements
d. nonmetallic elements
b. transition elements
8. How does atomic radius changefrom left to right acrossa period in the periodic table?
c. It first increases,then decreases.
a. It tendsto decrease.
d. It first decreases.then increases.
b. It tendsto increase.
9 . What causesthe shielding effect to remain constantacrossa period?
a. Electronsare addedto the sameprincipal energy level.
b. Electronsare addedto different principal energy levels.
c. The chargeon the nucleus is constant.
d. The atomic radius increases.
1 0 . Atomic size generally
a.
b.
c.
d.
increasesas you move from left to right acrossa period
decreasesas you move from top to bottom within a group
remains constantwithin a period
decreasesas you move from left to right acrossa period
1 1 . What elementin the secondperiod has the largest atomic radius?
c. potassrum
a. carbon
d. neon
b. lithium
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12. Which of the following statementsis true aboutions?
a. Cationsform when an atom gainselectons.
b. Cationsform when an atom loseselechons.
c. Anions form when an atom gainsprotons.
d. Anions form when an atom losesprotons.
13. The metalsin Groups I A, 24, and3A _.
a. gain electronswhen they form ions
c. all haveions with a 1* charge
b. all form ions with a negativecharge
d. lose electronswhen they form ions
14. Which of the follov/ing statementsis NOT true aboutions?
a. Cationsarepositivelychargedions.
b. Anions arecommonamongnonmetals.
c. Chargesfor ions arewritten asnumbersfollowed by a plus or minus sign.
d. When a cation forms. more electronsaretransferredto it.
l5. Whatis the elementwith thehighestelectronegativity
value?
a. cesium
c. calcium
b. helium
d. fluorine
16. Which of the following factorscontributesto the decreasein ionization energywithin a groupin the periodic
table asthe atomic numberincreases?
a. increasein atomic size
b. increasein sizeofthe nucleus
c. increasein numberofprotons
d. fewer electronsin the highestoccupiedenergylevel
17. Which of the following elementshasthe smallestfirst ionization energy?
a. sodium
c. potassium
b. calcium
d. magnesrum
18. Which statementis true aboutelectonegativity?
a. Electronegativityis the ability ofan anion to attractanotheranion.
b. Electronegativitygenerallyincreasesasyou move from top to bottom within a group.
c. Electronegativitygenerallyis higher for metalsthan for nonmetals,
d. Electronegativitygenerallyincreasesfrom left to right acrossa period.
19. Which of the following decreaseswith increasingatomicnumberin Group 2A?
a. shieldingeffect
c. ionization energy
b. ionic size
d. numberof electrons
20. Which ofthe following factorscontibutes to the increasein ionization energyfrom left to right acrossa
period?
a. an increasein the shieldingeffect
b. an increasein the sizeofthe nucleus
c. an increasein the numberofprotons
d. fewer electronsin the highestoccupiedenergylevel
21. As you move from left to right acrossthe secondperiod of the periodic table-.
a. ionization energyincreases
c. electronegativitydecreases
b. atomicradii increase
d. atomicmassdecreases
22. OfIhe following elernents,which one hasthe smallestfirst ionization energy?
a. boron
c. aluminum
b. carbon
d. silicon