Periodic Table Worksheet

Periodic Table unit assignment
(practice / review)
1. Based on their location on the periodic table would you expect carbon and silicon to have
similar properties? Explain.
2. Why did Mendeleev leave spaces in his periodic table?
3. Gallium was discovered after the creation of Mendeleev’s periodic table and was one on the blank
spaces in the table which he left. The properties of Gallium were as Mendeleev predicted. How
might this have helped the acceptance of his table?
4. Part C Matching
Match each description in Column B to the correct term in Column A.
Column A Column B
A. metals a. a vertical column of elements in the periodic table
B. periods b. good conductors of heat and electric current
C. group c. poor conductors of heat and electric current
D. nonmetals d. have properties that are similar to those of metals and

nonmetals
E. metalloids
e. the horizontal rows of the periodic table
5. Find Li and Mo on the periodic table in your textbook.

a. List the group number and period number for each element.
b. Would you expect Li and Mo to have similar physical and chemical properties?
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c. Classify each element, Li and Mo, as an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a
nonmetal, or a metalloid.
d. Name one other element in the periodic table whose physical and chemical properties you would
expect to be similar to those of lithium.
6. Identify each element as a metal, metalloid, or nonmetal.

a. Fluorine
b. Germanium
c. Zinc
d. Phosphorous
e. Lithium
7. Give two examples of elements for each category.

a. noble gases
b. halogens
c. alkali metals
d. alkaline earth metals
8. True-False
( ) a. In his periodic table, Mendeleev arranged the elements in order of atomic number.
( ) b. There are six periods in a periodic table.
( ) c. Most of the elements in the periodic table are metals.
( ) d. The elements within a period have similar properties.
9. How does the ionic radius of a typical metal compare to that of its atomic radius?
10. Which element in each pair has greater first ionization energy? Give an explanation for your answer.
a. Lithium, Boron
b. Magnesium, Aluminium
c. sodium, potassium
11. During this activity you may have noticed that not all of the data provided followed the trends.
a. Identify one place in a trend where the property listed does not fit the trend identified in this activity.
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b. Propose an explanation for the exceptions you identified in part a. Use your knowledge
of atomic structure and effective nuclear charge in your hypothesis.
c. Why is it still beneficial for chemists to understand as many periodic trends as they can?
12. What trend in atomic radius do you see as you go down a group/family on the periodic table? What
causes this trend?
13. What trend in atomic radius do you see as you go across a period/row on the periodic table? What
causes this trend?
14. Define ionization energy.
15. Is it easier to form a positive ion with an element that has a high ionization energy or an element that has
a low ionization energy? Explain.
16. Use the concept of ionization energy to explain why sodium form a 1+ ion (Na+) but magnesium forms
a 2+ ion (Mg2+).
17. Which statement best describes Group 2 elements as they are considered in order from top to bottom of
the Periodic Table?
a. The number of principal energy levels increases, and the number of valence electrons increases.
b. The number of principal energy levels increases, and the number of valence electrons remains the
same.
c. The number of principal energy levels remains the same, and the number of valence electrons
increases.
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d. The number of principal energy levels remains the same, and the number of valence electrons
decreases.
18. What is the total number of valence electrons in an atom of boron in the ground state?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 7
d. 5
19. The elements calcium and strontium have similar chemical properties because they both have the same
a. atomic number
b. mass number
c. number of valence electrons
d. number of completely filled sublevels
20. Which properties are most common in nonmetals?

a. low ionization energy and low electronegativity
b. low ionization energy and high electronegativity
c. high ionization energy and low electronegativity
d. high ionization energy and high electronegativity
21. As elements of Group 1 of the Periodic Table are considered in order from top to bottom, the ionization
energy of each successive element decreases. This decrease is due to
a. decreasing radius and decreasing shielding effect
b. decreasing radius and increasing shielding effect
c. increasing radius and decreasing shielding effect
d. increasing radius and increasing shielding effect
22. For each of the following sets of atoms/ions, rank the atoms/ions from smallest to largest atomic/ionic
radius.
a. Li, C, F
b. Na+ , S2-, Cl-
c. K+ , Ca2+ , S2-
23. Indicate which element of the following pairs is the most electronegative.
a. calcium, gallium
b. lithium, oxygen
c. chlorine, sulfur
d. bromine, arsenic

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Periodic Table unit assignment

2. Why did Mendeleev leave spaces in his periodic table?

A. metals a. a vertical column of elements in the periodic table

B. periods b. good conductors of heat and electric current

C. group c. poor conductors of heat and electric current

D. nonmetals d. have properties that are similar to those of metals and

5. Find Li and Mo on the periodic table in your textbook.

6. Identify each element as a metal, metalloid, or nonmetal.

7. Give two examples of elements for each category.

( ) b. There are six periods in a periodic table.

( ) c. Most of the elements in the periodic table are metals.

( ) d. The elements within a period have similar properties.

14. Define ionization energy.

20. Which properties are most common in nonmetals?

b. Na+ , S2-, Cl-

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