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1.

What was Dmitri Mendeleev's greatest contribution to the history


of the periodic table?
A. He arranged all the known elements by their atomic number
B. He realized that there was a pattern of reactivity which repeated every
8 elements
C. He predicted the existence (and properties) of new elements
D. He identified the "law of triads" which became the groups

2. Which of these was not proposed by John Dalton in 1805?


A. All matter is made of atoms
B. Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons
C. During chemical reactions, atoms rearrange themselves
D. The atoms of a particular element are all identical

3. Who arranged the first periodic table?


A. Mosely
B. Einstein
C. Mendeleev
D. Bohr

4. Mendeleev classified elements based on not only atomic mass but


what else?
A. reactivity
B. boiling points
C. physical properties only
D. chemical & physical properties

5. Why were there blank spaces left in Mendeleev's periodic


table?
A. He didn't know what to put there.
B. Undiscovered elements not yet known.
C. Multiple elements could have fit
D. He forgot to add the elements in.
6. How many elements were discovered during Mendeleev's
time?
A. 63
B. 56
C. 101
D. 34

7. Which statement is not a difference between Mendeleev's table


and the modern periodic table?
A. there are no transition elements Mendeleev's table.
B. Elements are arranged according to atomic no. not atomic mass.
C. no gaps in the modern periodic table.
D. much more than 60 elements in the modern periodic table.

8. A ___________ is an arrangement of elements in columns


A. columns
B. rows
C. periodic table
D. electron shell

9. Each column in the periodic table is called a


A. period
B. group
C. cluster
D. unit

10. Particles in an atom's nucleus that are neutral and have no charge
are
A. megatrons.
B. electrons.
C. neutrons.
D. protons.

11. How did Mendeleev arrange his Periodic Table?


A. Atomic number
B. Atomic mass
C. Atomic symbol
12. Why was creating and organizing the elements a big deal in the
science world?
A. Scientist like organization
B. To help understand the elements
C. Scientist want a list of elements

13. The modern Periodic Table is arranged by


A. Atomic number
B. Atomic mass
C. Atomic symbol

14. Henry Moseley biggest contribution to the Periodic Table is


A. Found the relationship between protons and the atomic number
B. Left blank spaces on the table for missing elements
C. Arranged the first Periodic Table

15. What is Moseley's Periodic Law?


A. Both physical/chemical properties of an element will appear periodically when arranged
by atomic number
B. Triads appear in groups of 3
C. Elements have different atomic numbers

16. What means repeating predictable patterns?

17. The Modern Periodic Table is arranged


A. Horizontally by properties
B. Horizontally by the number of protons
C. Vertically by the number of protons

18. The modern periodic table is arranged by _______ __________.

19. The Periodic Table is made of what kind of elements except…


A. Metals
B. Non-metals
C. Metalloids
D. Compounds
20. In 1913, an English chemist Henry Moseley decided to order the
elements by their atomic numbers.
A. True
B. False

21. Which of the following is not true for metalloids?


A. They are borderline elements that exhibit both metallic and non metallic properties to
some extent
B. They usually act as electron donors with non-metals and as electron acceptors with
metals
C. Some of these elements are boron, silicon and germanium
D. They are good conductors of heat and electricity

22. Arrange the following elements in the order of their increasing


nonmetallic character: Li, O, C, Be, F

A. F < O < C < Be < Li


B. Li < Be < C < O< F
C. F < O < C < Be < Li
D. F < O < Be < C < Li

23. Which of the following hydroxides is most basic?


A. Be(OH)2
B. Ba(OH)2
C. Ca(OH)2
D. Mg(OH)2

24. Elements in the same vertical group of the periodic table have
same
A. Atomic number
B. Atomic volume
C. Number of valence electrons
D. Atomic mass
25. 12. Identify the p-block elements which are not representative
elements?
A. I-A
B. IV-A
C. VII-A
D. VIII-A

26. Which of the following statement (s) about the Modern Periodic
Table are incorrect
i. The elements in the Modern Periodic Table are arranged on the basis of
their decreasing atomic number
ii. The elements in the Modern Periodic Table are arranged on the basis of
their increasing atomic masses
iii. Isotopes are placed in adjoining group (s) in the Periodic Table
iv. The elements in the Modern Periodic Table are arranged on the basis of
their increasing atomic number

A. (i) only

B. (i), (ii) and (iii)


C. (i), (ii) and (iv)
D. (iv) only

27. Identify the incorrect statement


A. All the metals are good conductor of electricity
B. All the metals are good conductor of heat
C. All the metals form positive ions
D. All the metals form acidic oxides

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