IES VALLE GUERRA PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

UNIT 3: “PERIODIC SYSTEM AND CHEMICAL BONDING”

1. Write the name (in English and Spanish) and symbol of 4 elements whose name
comes from:

a) A planet.
b) A country, region or continent.
c) A scientist.

2. What is the symbol of the following chemical elements?

NAME SYMBOL NAME SYMBOL

Iron Silver
Lead Sodium
Tin Potassium
Calcium Chlorine
Phosphorus Nitrogen
Gold Copper

3. What is the name of the elements whose symbol is…?

SYMBOL NAME SYMBOL NAME

Be Hg
Mn Po
F Si
H Ne
C Cl
Ni S

4. Write the name (in English and Spanish) and symbol of 4 elements whose name, in Spanish,
starts with:
C: M:
P: A:
R: B:

5. Colour in blue the metals, in green the nonmetals and in red the metalloids.

6. Write the name and symbol of 3 metals, 3 nonmetals and 3 metalloids, indicating
the period and group they belong to.

7. Write the name and symbol of:

 a) 3 noble gases.
b) 3 chalcogens.
c) 3 alkali metals.
d) 3 halogens.
e) 3 alkaline Earth metals.
f) 3 transition metals.
g) 3 inner transition metals.

8. Write the period, group (number and name), atomic number and symbol of the
following elements:
Sulphur Potassium Helium Iron Silver
Lead Copper Uranium Fluorine Radium

9. A chemical element has properties that are very similar to those of oxygen. Which
period and group does it belong to? Why?

10. ¿Qué tipo de enlace aparece en las siguientes sustancias químicas? ¿Aparecen en
forma de cristales o de moléculas?

a) O2
b) CaF2
c) C (grafito)

d) Au
e) HBr
f) NaI
g) SiO2
h) Cu

11. Realiza un estudio comparativo entre los tres tipos de enlaces entre átomos que
conoces, aludiendo a aspectos tales como:

a) Tipos de elementos que se unen.

b) Formación de moléculas y/o redes cristalinas.

c) Qué ocurre con los electrones (compartición, cesión/captación…).

d) Otros aspectos de interés.

12. Fill in the gaps:

“The modern Periodic Table is arranged according to __________ __________.

The rows of elements on the Periodic Table are called __________. There are
__________ (number).
The columns are called __________ or __________. There are __________
(number).

The elements of the periodic table belong to three basic categories:

__________, __________ and __________.”

13. Say whether the following characteristics correspond to ionic, covalent or

metallic bonding:

a) An electron cloud appears around a crystalline structure: __________.

b) It occurs between one metal and one non-metal: __________.

c) Oppositely charged ions are attracted to each other by electrostatic forces:

__________.

d) It occurs when two or more elements share electrons: __________.

e) It occurs in metal elements: __________.