Written Test – Atomic Structure and Periodic Table Villa Devoto School

Student´s full Name _________________________________________ Physics 3rd A (Físico-Química)

June, 21st Set 1

Answer the following questions explaining ALL the necessary data to reach the answer.
Show any necessary reckonings.
Use the FRONT and the BACK of this sheet of paper to fulfill what is asked for.

1) Complete the following sentences.

a) Chadwick discovered the _________________________________________________________.

b) Electrons are found in the __________________________________________________________.
c) Give the symbol for antimony and plutonium _______________________________________.
d) Give the group and the period numbers for the only liquid non-metal ________________.

2) Fulfil the following problem situations.

a) Choose a bad conductor element, give its name and indicate the group number to which it belongs to.
b) Represent a very unreactive gas.
c) Indicate the amount of protons and neutrons for the fourth alkaline-earth metal.
d) Give the name of the group to which the most reactive metal belongs to.

3) Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your choice.

a) Iron, the second alkali metal and the first actinide are brittle.
b) Gold and samarium belong to the same period.
c) Cadmium and the second halogen are both solid.
d) Thallium and lead belong to the same group.
e) Germanium is a poor metal.

4) IONS.

a) If titanium loses four electrons, what type of ion does it form? How many electrons and neutrons does it
have left? Represent the ion.
b) If an ion has 34 protons and 36 electrons, what is its charge? Look for the element in the periodic table
and represent the atom from which the ion comes.
c) If an ion formed by phosphorus has the same amount of electrons than argon, what is its charge?
Represent the ion.

Written Test – Atomic Structure and Periodic Table Villa Devoto School
Student´s full Name _________________________________________ Physics 3rd A (Físico-Química)
June, 21st Set 2

Answer the following questions explaining ALL the necessary data to reach the answer.
Show any necessary reckonings.
Use the FRONT and the BACK of this sheet of paper to fulfill what is asked for.

1) Complete the following sentences.

a) Rutherford discovered the _________________________________________________________.

b) Protons are found in the ___________________________________________________________.
c) Give the symbol for tungsten and lawrencium ______________________________________.
d) Give the group and the period numbers for the only liquid metal ____________________.

2) Fulfil the following problem situations.

a) Choose a shiny element, give its name and indicate the group number to which it belongs to.
b) Represent a solid non-metal.
c) Indicate the amount of protons and neutrons for the fourth alkali metal.
d) Give the name of the group to which the most reactive non-metal belongs to.

3) Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your choice.

a) Chromium, the second alkaline-earth metal and the first lanthanide are brittle.
b) Silver and the third noble gas are both gases.
c) Nickel and palladium belong to the same period.
d) Tin is a metalloid.
e) Copper and iron are malleable.

4) IONS.

a) If antimony gains three electrons, what type of ion does it form? How many electrons and neutrons does
it have left? Represent the ion.
b) If an ion has 27 protons and 25 electrons, what is its charge? Look for the element in the periodic table
and represent the atom from which the ion comes.
c) If an ion formed by zirconium has the same amount of electrons than krypton, what is its charge?
Represent the ion.