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An intro to the periodic table
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What is a family?
A row on the periodic table.
A group/vertical column of elements in the periodic table.
The tendency to recur at regular intervals.
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What are elements that can conduct electricity better than nonmetals, but not as good as metals
Semiconductors
Metalloids
Metals
Nonmetals
3
Why was J.W. Döbereiner’s classification so useful?
revealed an orderly pattern to their properties
Grouped elements with similar properties
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Metals are __________?
malleable
brittle
5
Nonmetals are __________?
malleable
brittle
6
What are the second series of inner transition elements
Actinides
Lanthanides
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Which is not a class of element found on the periodic table?
Semimetalloids
Metal
Nonmetal
Metaloid
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What is the common name of the Group 17 elements?
Noble Gas
Halogen
Alkali Metal
Alkaline Earth Metal
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What did scientists want to show on the periodic table?
show similarities
show similarities and differences
neither similarities or differences
show differences
10
What are Lanthanides and Actinides commonly referred to as?
Transition elements
Inner transition elements
Metals
Nonmetals
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What is the common name of the Group 18 elements?
Alkali Metal
Noble Gas
Halogen
Alkaline Earth Metal
12
What do triads suggest?
chemical properties are related to the atomic number
chemical properties are related to the atomic mass
13
What was the original basis for the periodic table?
Atomic mass
atomic number
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How can knowing the classes help you understand the element?
You can make predictions about the behavior of the element
You can make a prediction about the valence electrons
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Metalloids are ________ conductors of heat and electricity?
semi
good
poor
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Metals are _______ at room temperature?
solid
gas
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What does each row of the periodic table start with?
Halogen
Noble Gas
Alkaline Earth Metal
Alkali Metal
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What is unique about the Lanthanides?
Synthetically made
They're radioactive
Rare (only 0.01% abundance)
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Nonmetals are ________ conductors of heat and electricity?
semi
good
poor
20
What does each row of the periodic table end with?
Alkaline Earth Metal
Noble Gas
Alkali Metal
Halogen
21
What is the common name of the Group 1 elements?
Noble Gas
Alkali Metal
Halogen
Alkaline Earth Metal
22
What do the vertical columns on the periodic table show?
elements which show similar properties
patterns of changing properties
23
Nonmetals are located ________ of the zigzag line?
left
along
right
24
Metals are located ________ of the zigzag line?
along
right
left
25
Who developed the first organized periodic table?
Proust
Mendeleev
Döbereiner
Dalton
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Why were there blank spaces in Mendeleev’s periodic table?
represented elements he never put in
represented undiscovered elements
represented discovered elements
represented nothing
27
Metals are ________ conductors of heat and electricity?
semi
poor
good
28
What is a period?
A row on the periodic table.
The tendency to recur at regular intervals.
A group/vertical column of elements in the periodic table.
29
What is unique about the Actinides?
Rare (only 0.01% abundance)
They're radioactive
Synthetically made
30
How does the periodic table show periodicity?
Both are correct
Each row shows a recurring pattern of properties of elements
The pattern repeats when you go from row to row
31
What is the most commonly used semiconductor?
antimony
germanium
silicon
arsenic
32
What do horizontal rows on the periodic table show?
elements which show similar properties
patterns of changing properties
33
Most nonmetals are _______ at room temperature?
solid
gas
34
Which class of elements have properties of both metals and nonmetals?
Metaloid
Metal
Nonmetal
Semimetalloids
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Metalloids are located ________ the zigzag line?
left
along
right
36
What is the current basis for the periodic table?
Atomic mass
atomic number
37
What are the first series of inner transition elements called?
Lanthanides
Actinides
38
What did Döbereiner create?
Nonmetals
Metals
Periodic Table
Triads
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What is the common name of the Group 2 elements?
Noble Gas
Halogen
Alkali Metal
Alkaline Earth Metal
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What is periodicity?
A group/vertical column of elements in the periodic table.
The tendency to recur at regular intervals.
A row on the periodic table.
