Name:_______________ Date: Class: _____

TASK 2

Watch the video below “Mr. Anderson: A Tour Through the Periodic Table”,
use the information from the video to answer the questions. Please note: if
you see words in brackets you are to choose the one you think is correct and
write it on the line.

1-2. Mr. Anderson uses a periodic table that shows us that the _____________ are columns
and _____________ are rows.
3-4. There are ________ groups and ___________ periods on the periodic table.

5-8. The alkali metals (group 1), goes all the way from ____________ at the top to __________

at the bottom. They all have ____ valence electron(s) and are _____________________ (highly
reactive / non-reactive).

9-12. Group 17: the halogens, goes all the way from ____________ at the top to __________

at the bottom. They all have ____ valence electron(s) and are _____________________ (highly
reactive / non-reactive).

13-15. The noble gases, (group 18) are the most _________________ of all the elements. They go

from _________________at the top to ________________ at the bottom. They all have full
valence electrons, that is, 8 electrons or 2 in the case of helium.
16-18. He points out (circles) the centre of the table and calls these _________________ metals.

He says they have weird number of ________________; they may look the same but have

different ________________.

19. The poor metals are aluminium, gallium and some others that are somewhat good

_______________, but not as good as the true metals.

20. The metalloids are all ____________ (great / poor / semi-) conductors.