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Periodic Table Assignment
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How are the elements on the periodic table arranged?
What are the vertical columns on the periodic table called? What properties do these vertical columns have?
What are the horizontal rows called? What properties do these horizontal rows have?
Four groups on the periodic table have specific names. What are their names and what group number do they
correspond to? What are the characteristics of the elements found in each group?
How are the elements classified? What are the major types of elements? Where is their general location on the
Periodic Table?
What are the characteristics of metals?
What are the characteristics of nonmetals?
Which elements are considered to be metalloids (semimetals)? What are their properties?
Define Atomic Radius. What is its trend as you go across a period? What is its trend as you go down a group?
When metals become ions, what happens to the size of their radius? Why?
When nonmetals become ions, what happens to the size of their radius? Why?
Define electronegativity. What is its trend as you go across a period? What is its trend as you go down a group?
Which element has the highest electronegativity?
Define Ionization Energy. What is its trend as you go across a period? What is its trend as you go down a group?
Which are the two liquids at STP on the Periodic Table? Classify them as metals or nonmetals.
What is an allotrope? Give an example.
What group of metals can be found in groups 3-12? What are their characteristics?
Answer the following questions below and list the ANSWERS ONLY to the end of your assignment.
1. Which is a property of most nonmetallic solids?
1. high thermal conductivity
3. brittleness
2. high electrical conductivity
4. malleability
2. What is the charge of the nucleus in an atom of oxygen-17?
1. 0
3. +8
2. -2
4. +17
3. Element X is a solid that is brittle, lacks luster, and has six valence electrons. In which group on the Periodic
Table would element X be found?
1. 1
3. 15
2. 2
4. 16
4. Which element is malleable and conducts electricity?
1. iron
3. sulfur
2. iodine
4. phosphorus
5. What is the total number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of potassium-42?
1. 15
3. 39
2. 19
4. 42
6. Compared to the nonmetals in Period 2, the metals in Period 2 generally have larger
1. ionization energies
3. atomic radii
2. electronegativities
4. atomic numbers
7. Which element is a solid at STP?
1. H2
3. N2
2. I2
4. O2
8. The element in Period 4 and Group 1 of the Periodic Table would be classified as a
1. metal
3. nonmetal
2. metalloid
4. noble gas
9. What determines the order of placement of the elements on the modern Periodic Table?
1. atomic number
3. the number of neutrons, only
2. atomic mass
4. the number of neutrons and protons
10. The elements located in the lower left corner of the Periodic Table are classified as
1. metals
3. metalloids
2. nonmetals
4. noble gases
11. Which list consists of elements that have the most similar chemical properties?
1. Mg, Al, and Si
3. K, Al, and Ni
2. Mg, Ca, and Ba
4. K, Ca, and Ga
12. Based on Reference Table S, which of the following atoms requires the least energy for the removal of the
most loosely bound electron?
1. Sn
3. Be
2. Sr
4. Br
13. What is the mass number of 199F?
1. 9
3. 19
2. 10
4. 28
14. All atoms of a given element must contain the same number of
1. protons
3. electrons plus neutrons
4. protons plus neutrons
2. neutrons
15. Antimony is classified as a
1. metal
3. metalloid
2. nonmetal
4. noble gas