How to Ace the Periodic Table Quiz
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To ace this quiz, review your notes, the Periodic Table PowerPoint, the worksheets, and the labs completed. Then, try the questions in this guide. Get help on anything you don’t understand, and finally, sleep well knowing you are in good shape. Know the history of the periodic table 1. List 3 elements known before 1790 2. Lavoisier: What was his contribution 3. Poor John Newlands: what did he get right, wrong 4. Mendeleev: Why is he “the father of the periodic table”? 5. Groups or families are ____________ 6. Periods are _________ 7. Metals, nonmetals, and metalloids: Where is the dividing line? Groups: For each below know where they are, ions formed, and why 8. Alkali metals 9. Alkaline Earth Metals 10. Halogens 11. Noble Gases 12. S,p,d, and F blocks- where they are, how many electrons in each 13. Lanthanides are the ____ column in the ___ block 14. Actinides are the ____ column in the ___ block 15. Valence electrons- know for each family 16.Know the number of valence electrons for charged and uncharged atoms. And be sure to know what elements the charged atoms are isoelectronic with. For example, Sc3+ is isolectronic with _______ The 4 Trends: 17. Atomic and ionic radii. Largest element/ion is___; Arrange Ca, Cs, Sr 18. Electronegativity and ionization energy: Highest value is for the element _______. Arrange Cl, Se, Te 16. Know how to draw simple ionic compounds based on charge. For example sodium chloride = NaCl 17.Magnesium chloride, potassium oxide 18. Aluminum fluoride, lithium sulfide 19. Be sure to know the names of elements 1-40. 20. Describe a useful 3D periodic table 21. What is the periodic table good for?
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