Periodic Table Quiz

Question 1

What is Neon’s atomic number?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 2

Which element was named after a college and state in the Western United States?

Accepted Answer

Californium

Question 3

What are the two groups of elements that are excluded from the periodic table called?

Accepted Answer

Lanthanides and Actinides

Question 4

What element’s abbreviation is “Zn”?

Accepted Answer

Zinc

Question 5

Which of these radioactive elements is found in a common fruit?

Accepted Answer

Potassium

Question 6

What element is featured as a sphere in the movie Galaxy Quest?

Accepted Answer

Beryllium

Question 7

What element has the same name as a DC Comics planet?

Accepted Answer

Krypton

Question 8

What two elements make the alloy Bronze?

Accepted Answer

Tin and Copper

Question 9

What element’s abbreviation is “Ag”?

Accepted Answer

Silver

Question 10

What two elements are used to make water?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen and Oxygen

Question 11

How many valence electrons do noble gases, excluding helium, have?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 12

Bonus question! Which of these scientific studies do you like best?

Accepted Answer

Biology, Paleontology, Chemistry, Physics

Question 13

What group is the element Iodine from?

Accepted Answer

Halogens

Question 14

Who came up with the idea to organize elements into a table?

Accepted Answer

Dmitri Mendeleev

Question 15

Which woman won the 1911 Nobel Prize in chemistry?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 16

What group is the element Promethium part of?

Accepted Answer

Lanthanides

Question 17

What is the atomic weight of Hydrogen?

Accepted Answer

1.008

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