Periodic Table Test

Which of the following is NOT a property of most nonmetals?

A(n) _____________________ is a type of element whose physical properties are generally opposite to those of a metal.

The family in the periodic table that contains the most reactive metals is the __________________ metals.

Gold, which is in Group 11 on the periodic table, is an example of a(n) ___________________ metal.

A(n) ___________________________ is an abbreviation for the name of an element and usually has either one or two letters

How many electrons are in the outermost shell of alkali earth metals?

The only nonmetal in Group 14 is

One metal that is a liquid at room temperature is

Would a metal in Group 13 be more or less reactive than a metal in Group 1? Explain.

The modern periodic table is arranged in order of increasing _________________________.

The highly reactive nonmetals are called the

What is labeled as 4. in the picture?

Where in the periodic table are the nonmetals located? Where are the metalloids?

A material that is _______________ can be hammered into thin sheets and other shapes.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of most metals?

Mendeleev arranged his periodic table in order of increasing atomic ___________________.

A type of an element that has some properties of metals and some of nonmetals is called a(n)_______________________.

In what periods are the lanthanides and actinides? Where are they placed in the periodic table? Why?

___________ has chemical properties so different from those of the other elements that it cannot be placed in any group.

What is labeled as 1. in the picture?

A substance that carries electricity under certain circumstances, but not under other circumstances is called a(n) ____.

The average mass of all the isotopes of an element is called the _______________________.

_____________________ is the ease and speed with which an element combines with other substances.

If a material can be easily be drawn into the shape of a wire, it is

The elements that do not ordinarily form compounds are

On the periodic table, elements in the same ____________________ have similar properties.

Elements with atomic numbers above 92 are called ________________________ elements.

An element’s ________________ is its row in the periodic table.

The ability to transmit heat or electricity to other objects is called _____________________.

Atoms of nonmetals usually ____________________ electrons when they combine with other atoms.

Two of the same atoms bonded together is called a(n)

List a common use for any 3 elements found on the periodic table.

Dmitri Mendeleev was able to create a periodic table with _____________________ of the elements on it.

The two most common alkali earth metals are

The metals of Group 1 are commonly called the

An element’s _____________________ can be predicted from its location on the periodic table.

Moving across the periodic table from left to right, one finds, in order, metals, then ________________, then nonmetals.