Worksheet 1: Periodic properties and variation of properties.

1. The following table represents the first three periods of the modern periodic table. Study the
table and answer the questions that follow:

(i) Write the formula of the sulphate of the element with atomic number 13.

(ii) What type of bonding will be present in the oxide of the element with atomic number 1?

(iii) Name the elements which have the highest ionization potential.

(iv)How many electrons are present in the valence shell of the element with the atomic number
18?

(v) What is the name given to the energy released when an atom in its isolated gaseous state
accepts an electron to form an anion?

(vi) What is the electronic configuration of the element in the third period which gains one
electron to change into an anion?

2. Fill in the blanks:

i) The atomic size ________ as we move from left to right across the period, because the
__________ increases but the __________ remains the same.
(ii) Choose the word or phrase from the brackets which correctly completes each of the
following statements:
(iii) The element below sodium in the same group would be expected to have a ______
(lower/higher) electronegativity than sodium and the element above chlorine would be expected
to have a _________ (lower/higher) ionization potential than chlorine.
(iv) On moving from left to right in a period, the number of shells (remains the
same/increases/decreases).
(v) On moving down a group, the number of valence electrons (remains the
same/increases/decreases).

3. Arrange the following set of elements as described in brackets.

a. Mg, Na, Cl, P (Increasing order of Electro-negativity)

b. Br, Cl, I, F (decreasing order of E.A)

c. Be, Mg, Ca (decreasing order of Metallic character)

d. Cs, Na, Li, K, Rb (increasing order of metallic character).

e. Mg, Cl, Na, S, Si (decreasing order of atomic size).

f. Na, Cl, S, Si (increasing order ionization energy)

g. Cl, F, Br, I (increasing order of electron affinity)

4. Study the table given and answer the questions given below

Atomic 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No.
Element A B C D E F G H

a. Which of these elements belong to Group 2?

b. Which of the above elements has stable electronic configuration?

c. State the group number that the element D belongs to.

d. Which atomic number belongs to Alkali metals?

e. Identify the metalloid.

f. What is the valency exhibited by the element ‘G’?

g. Write the formula of the oxide of the element ‘A’?

5. Name the following.

a. which is the most Electro-negative element in nature?.

b. The element which has highest Electron Affinity value.

c. The metalloid present in Period 3 of the Periodic Table.

d. The element present in Period 3 with 3 valence electrons.

6. Give one term for the following statements.

a. The tendency of an element to attract electrons to itself when in combined state.

b. The minimum amount of energy to be supplied to an isolated gaseous atom of an element to

remove one valence electron.

c. The amount of energy released when an atom of an element accepts one electron into its
valence shell.

d. The tendency to lose electrons easily.

7. Give reason:
a. Atomic radius decreases across a period.

b. Electro-negativity increases across a period.

c. Metallic character increases down a Group.

d. Electron Affinity changes across a period.

e. Ionization Potential (I.P) changes down the Group