Periodic Table Vocabulary Test

25 Questions | By John_Mitchell_WV | Last updated: May 14, 2021 | Total Attempts: 12

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Questions and Answers

1.

_____ _____ was a French nobleman and chemist central to the 18th century chemical revolution.
- A.
  
  Antoine Lavoisier
- B.
  
  Henry Mosley
- C.
  
  John Dalton
- D.
  
  James Chadwick
- E.
  
  Niels Bohr
2.

_____ _____ was a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the periodic law. This chemist created his own version of the periodic table of elements.
3.

_____ _____ was a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the periodic law. This chemist created his own version of the periodic table of elements.
4.

_____ _____ is an arrangement of elements in columns, based upon a set of properties that repeat from period (row) to period (row).
5.

_____ _____ was an English physicist having outstanding contribution to the science of physics and chemical concepts of the atomic number.
- A.
  
  Henry Mosley
- B.
  
  Dmitri Mendeleev
- C.
  
  Antoine Lavoisier
- D.
  
  John William Strutt
- E.
  
  Sir William Ramsey
- F.
  
  Friedrich Dorn
6.

_____ _____ is the chemical and physical properties of chemical elements. Chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
7.

_____ _____ discovered the element Argon (Ar), a gas found in Earth's atmosphere. It escaped detection because of its lack of chemical activity.
- A.
  
  Henry Mosley
- B.
  
  Dmitri Mendeleev
- C.
  
  Antoine Lavoisier
- D.
  
  John William Strutt
- E.
  
  Sir William Ramsey
- F.
  
  Friedrich Dorn
8.

_____ _____ discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1904).
- A.
  
  Henry Mosley
- B.
  
  Dmitri Mendeleev
- C.
  
  Antoine Lavoisier
- D.
  
  John William Strutt
- E.
  
  Sir William Ramsey
- F.
  
  Friedrich Dorn
9.

Sir William Ramsey discovered several of the Inert gases (Noble gases). Please identify those inert gases in which he discovered. (NOTE: Please note this is a multiple answer (3) question.)
- A.
  
  Helium
- B.
  
  Krypton
- C.
  
  Xenon
- D.
  
  Neon
- E.
  
  Argon
- F.
  
  Radon
10.

Friedrich Dorn discovered the final inert (noble) gas _____ in 1900.
11.

A period is a horizontal row in the periodic table of element.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

Each period (row) has various number of elements because of the available _____ increasing from energy level to energy leve.
- A.
  
  Orbitals
- B.
  
  Photons
- C.
  
  Quarks
- D.
  
  Atomic number
- E.
  
  Atomic mass unit
13.

What are the 18 columns found on the periodic table of elements called?
- A.
  
  Periods
- B.
  
  Groups
- C.
  
  Bunches
- D.
  
  Energy levels
- E.
  
  Nuclear group
14.

_____ _____ is a value that depends on the distribution of an element's isotopes in nature and the masses of those isotopes.
15.

What is the symbol for defining atomic mass unit (amu)?
- A.
  
  Dalton, Da
- B.
  
  Curie, Cu
- C.
  
  Thomson, Tm
- D.
  
  Bohr, Br
- E.
  
  Mosley, My
16.

_____ _____ _____ is defined as one twelfth of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of Carbon-12.
17.

_____ of elements can be classified as gases, liquids, and solids.
18.

How many valence electrons are found in the Alkali Metals, group 1A?
- A.
  
  1
- B.
  
  2
- C.
  
  3
- D.
  
  4
- E.
  
  5
- F.
  
  6
- G.
  
  7
- H.
  
  8
19.

What is the common oxidation number for Alkali Metals, group 1A?
- A.
  
  1
- B.
  
  2
- C.
  
  3
- D.
  
  4
- E.
  
  5
- F.
  
  6
- G.
  
  7
- H.
  
  8
20.

Which chemical element does not belong to the Alkaline Earth Metals?
- A.
  
  W
- B.
  
  Be
- C.
  
  Mg
- D.
  
  Ca
- E.
  
  Sr
- F.
  
  Ba
- G.
  
  Ra
21.

What is the common cation charge for Alkaline Earth Metals?
- A.
  
  0
- B.
  
  -1
- C.
  
  -2
- D.
  
  +3
- E.
  
  +2
22.

The transitional metal group has the most number of chemical elements.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
23.

What is the most interesting fact about Transitional Metals?
- A.
  
  All have same group number
- B.
  
  All have same period number
- C.
  
  Their variable valence electrons
- D.
  
  The number of protons
- E.
  
  They are all solids at S.T.P. (standard temperature and pressure)
24.

How many of the nonmetal elements are gases? (NOTE: Please enter a number from 0 to 20.)
25.

How many of the nonmetal elements are liquid? (NOTE: Please enter a number from 0 to 20.)

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