YEAR B CHEMISTRY
Periodic table quiz
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Scientists organise the elements from lightest to heaviest on a grid called the periodic
table. The periodic table helps scientists to look up the names and symbols of all the
known elements, Use the periodic table to answer the following questions,
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1. State the total number of elements listed on the periodic table,
2 Identify the chemical symbol of the following elements,
Hydrogen Helium eee
Carbon Oxygen
Nitrogen Aluminium
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4 List the names and symbols of all the elements whose names start with the letter
5 Identify three elements named after famous scientists.
6 Identify three elements named after a place, country, continent or planet.
7 Some chemical symbols do not appear to correspond to the chemical names. For
example, the chemical symbol for silver is Ag. List the name and symbol of five
other elements whose chemical symbols do not conrespond with the name of the
elements.
8 Inthe table below, list five elements that you might use in your everyday life and
identify where they might be used.
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Use the periodic table on page 93 to complete the crossword below by filling in the
element name that corresponds to each symbol.
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Use what you know about the elements that you find in your everyday life to match the
elements below to the properties listed in the table.
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11am lightweight and shiny and conduet electricity very
‘well. For these reasons, | am used in overhead power
lines. | am also used in soft-drink cans because | can be
recycled.
2 Atroom temperature | am a solid, bright yellow powder.
| am a typical non-metal. | don't conduct electricity ang
| crumbie easily. | can be found under oxygen on the
periodic table.
3 Ican be found in many different forms. Sometimes | am
a black crumbly solid called charcoal. However, | can
also form very hard, beautiful and expensive crystal
lattices called diamond,
4 lam a colourless, odourless gas that makes up most of
the air you breathe but | am not oxygen. | am one of the
first 10 elements listed in the periodic table.
5 1ama yellow gas with a pungent smell. But don’t
breathe me in or | will damage your lungs. I am also
used in swimming pools to kill bacteria. | am between
elements 10 and 20 on the periodic table.
6 1am yellow and shiny. | conduct electricity very well so
am sometimes used for wiring in electrical equipment.
However, | am more commonly used in jewellery
because | am rare and expensive.
7 Lam strong and hard and can be bent into many
different shapes. That's why | am used in construction.
However, | am often mixed with metals and carbon,
Otherwise | will ust.
8 Lama very light and non-toxic gas. | do not react with
other substances so | am often used to make party
balloons that float. If you breathe me in, I will make your
voice sound funny
9 Lam an invisible, non-toxic gas. ! am one of the most
important elements on Earth. | am in water, sand and air.
‘You need me to breathe and stay alive. Plants produce
me through photosynthesis,
10 Iam shiny and orange-brown in colour. | can be drawn
into wires or hammered into sheets. | conduct electricity
very well and am cheap to produce, which makes me
perfect for household wiring and electrical equipment.
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