Name ______________________________________________________ Date __________________________ Class ______

6. Elements on the periodic table are usually identified with three things.
What are they?
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
7. Protons are found in the __________________ of an atom.
8. Metals are found on the __________________ side of the table, while the
nonmetals are found on the ___________________ side of the table.
9. An element that is an alkali metal is ___________________.
10. Helium (He) is a ____________________.
11. There are two rows of elements on the bottom of the table. These
elements are the rare earth metals. What is the name given to each of these
rows of elements?
___________________
___________________
12. Name two elements in group VIIA.
___________________
___________________
The periodic table is defined
as-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. ___________________are substances that cannot be broken down into
simpler stuff by any chemical means.
3. Dmitri Mendeleev was a _________________ scientist who set up the
periodic table in the _________________ century.
4. Using Mendeleevs system elements with similar___________________ ______________________
properties fell into families or groups.
5. Families or groups are designated by what? ____________________
1.

Vertical columns on the periodic table are called __________________________________.

2. Horizontal rows on the periodic table are called ___________________________________.

3. The number of protons in an atom is that elements __________________ number.
4. The number of protons and neutrons in an atom is that atoms _____________ number.

Name ______________________________________________________ Date __________________________ Class ______

5. The ability of a material to be drawn into a thin wire is called ___________________________.
6. The ability of a material to be pounded into thin sheets is called _________________________.
7. The elements in groups 3 through 12 are called the ___________________________________.
8. The elements in group 1 are called the _____________________________________________.
9. The elements in group 2 are called the _____________________________________________.
10. The elements in group 18 are called the ____________________________________________.
11. The elements in group 17 are called the ____________________________________________.
12. The elements in group _________ are the most reactive metals.
13. The elements in group _________ are the most reactive nonmetals.
14. The elements in group _________ are very unreactive.
15. The elements in group _________ react very violently with water.
16. Complete the following atomic chart.
ISOTOPE

# OF
PROTONS

# OF
NEUTRONS

13

15

# OF
ELECTRONS

ATOMIC
NUMBER

MASS
NUMBER

16

31

18

Ca-42
Ni-54

32

61

Li-7
Mg-25
17. Tell which element is located in the following groups and periods.
a.

__________ group 4, period 5

f.

__________ group 12, period 4

b. __________ group 2, period 2

g.

__________ group 1, period 7

c.

h. __________ group 16, period 6

__________ group 6, period 6

d. __________ group 18, period 1

i.

__________ group 17, period 3

e.

j.

__________ group 11, period 5

__________ group 14, period 5

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k.

__________ group 5, period 4

l.

__________ group 10, period 6

m. __________ group 13, period 3

n.

__________ group 15, period 6