Topic: Metals And Periodic Table

Name:----------------------------- Time: 50 Min Marks:

P1
1 Two statements are given.
statement 1 Going down Group I and Group VII, the melting point of the elements
increases.
statement 2 Chlorine can displace iodine from aqueous potassium iodide but cannot
displace bromine from aqueous potassium bromide.

Which statements are correct?

A both statement 1 and statement 2

B statement 1 only
C statement 2 only
D neither statement 1 nor statement 2

2 Part of the Periodic Table is shown.

Which substance is an unreactive gas found in the atmosphere?

A
B
C D

3 The elements in Group I of the Periodic Table show trends in both their reactivities and their
melting points. Rubidium is in Group I.

Which statement about rubidium is correct?

A It has a higher melting point than potassium.

B It reacts with water to produce an acidic solution.
C It reacts with water to produce oxygen gas.
D It is more reactive than potassium.

4 Which gases are used in light bulbs?

1 argon
2 oxygen
3 neon

A 1 only B 1 and 2 only C 1 and 3 only D 1, 2 and 3

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5 Some properties which indicate the differences in elements are listed.

1 metallic character
2 number of electron shells in an atom
3 number of protons in an atom
4 total number of electrons in an atom

Which two properties increase across a period of the Periodic Table?

A 1 and 2 B 1 and 3 C 2 and 4 D 3 and 4

6 Germanium is in Group IV of the Periodic Table. It has a proton number of 32.

Selenium is in Group VI of the Periodic Table. It has a proton number of 34.

Which prediction can be made, based on the positions of germanium and selenium in the
Periodic Table?

A A germanium atom has two more valence electrons than a selenium atom.
B Germanium forms a Ge3+ ion and selenium forms an Se3- ion.
C Germanium has more metallic character than selenium.
D Germanium has similar properties to tellurium, and selenium has similar properties to tin.

7 The proton number of caesium is 5 5.

Compared with lithium, the melting point of caesium is ......1...... and the reaction of caesium with
water is ......2...... vigorous. The number of valence electrons in caesium is ......3...... compared to
lithium.

Which words correctly complete gaps 1, 2 and 3?

1 2 3

A higher more the same

B higher less the same
C lower more greater
D lower more the same

8 Nickel is a transition element.

Which properties does it have?

1 It can act as a catalyst.

2 It conducts electricity when molten.
3 It forms coloured compounds.
4 It has only one oxidation state in its compounds.

A 1, 2 and 3 B 1, 3 and 4 C 1 and 2 only D 1 and 3 only

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9 Which statement about elements in the Periodic Table is correct?
A Elements at the left-hand side of the Periodic Table are more metallic than those, in the
same period, near the right-hand side.
B Elements at the top of a group lose electrons more readily than those, in the same group,
that are lower in the Periodic Table.
C Elements in the same group of the Periodic Table have the same number of completed
shells of electrons.
D Elements in the same period of the Periodic Table have the same number of electrons in the
outer shell.

10 Which statement about the properties of the elements in Group VIII of the Periodic Table, helium

to xenon, is correct?

A Argon reacts with iron to form a compound.

B Helium is less dense than air.
C The elements change from gas to solid down the group.
D The elements exist as covalent molecules.

P 2:

1 Silver is a transition element with proton number 47.

(a) Use the Periodic Table to state the number of occupied electron shells in an atom of silver.

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(b) Describe, with the aid of a diagram, the metallic bonding in silver.

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(c) Give two physical properties of silver that are only characteristic of transition elements but
not of all metals.

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(d) When rubidium is added to cold water a reaction occurs.

(i) Suggest two observations that would be made when rubidium is added to cold water.

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(ii) What would be the colour of the solution if phenolphthalein was added to it after the reaction?

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(iii) Write a chemical equation for the reaction between rubidium and water.

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(iv) Put the Group I elements, caesium, lithium, potassium, rubidium and sodium in their order
of reactivity with water

most reactive least reactive

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[Total: 9 marks]

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2 Chlorine, bromine and iodine are elements in Group VII of the Periodic Table.

(a) Describe the trend in colour of the Group VII elements down the Group.

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(b) Describe how you would carry out a series of experiments to show the trend in reactivity of
these three elements, using the reagents shown below.

aqueous chlorine aqueous potassium chloride

aqueous bromine aqueous potassium bromide
aqueous iodine aqueous potassium iodide
Your answer should include details of
• which of the reagents you would use in each experiment,
• a table showing the observations you would expect to see,
• the equations for any reactions. [5]

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3 The position of aluminium in the reactivity series of metals is shown below.

magnesium
aluminium
zinc
copper

(a) Aluminium is extracted by the electrolysis of its molten oxide.

waste gases

carbon anode (+)

carbon mixture of aluminium

900 oC oxide and cryolite
cathode (–)
aluminium

(i) Name the main ore of aluminium.

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(ii) Why does the molten electrolyte contain cryolite?

[1]

(iii) Oxygen is produced at the positive electrode (anode). Name another gas which is
given off at this electrode.

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(b) Aluminium reacts very slowly with aqueous copper(II) sulphate.

2Al(s) + 3CuSO4(aq) Al2(SO4)3(aq) + 3Cu(s)

(i) Which of the two metals has the greater tendency to form ions?

[1]

(ii) Describe what you would see when this reaction occurs.

[1]

(iii) Explain why aluminium reacts so slowly.

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(c) Complete the following table by writing “reaction” or “no reaction” in the spaces
provided.

oxide type of oxide reaction with acid reaction with alkali

magnesium
agnes

aluminium
aluminium am

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(d) Predict the equations for the decomposition of the following aluminium compounds.

(i) Al2(CO)3 + [2]

(ii) aluminium nitrate + +

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4 No one knows where iron was first isolated. It appeared in China, the Middle
East and in Africa. It was obtained by reducing iron ore with charcoal.

(a) Complete the following equation.

Fe2O3 + → ................... + ........................

iron ore charcoal
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(b) In 1705 Abraham Darby showed that iron ore could be reduced using coke in a blast
furnace.

waste gases

raw materials

firebrick lining

air

slag

molten iron

(i) The temperature in the furnace rises to 2000 °C. Write an equation for the
exothermic reaction that causes this high temperature.

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(ii) In the furnace, the ore is reduced by carbon monoxide. Explain how this is formed.

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(c) The formation of slag removes an impurity in the ore. Write a word equation for the
formation of the slag.

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(d) Stainless steel is an alloy of iron. It contains iron, other metals and about 0.5% of
carbon.

(i) State a use of stainless steel.

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(ii) Name a metal, other than iron, in stainless steel.

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(iii) The iron from the blast furnace is impure. It contains about 5% of carbon and other
impurities, such as silicon and phosphorus. Describe how the percentage of
carbon is reduced and the other impurities are removed.

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 The Periodic Table of Elements
Group
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
1 2

H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10

Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
lanthanoids

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Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 114 116
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Fl Lv
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium flerovium livermorium
– – – – – – – – – – – – –

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –

The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).