chemistry quiz

Question 1

What are metals?

Answer 1

Solid, hard, shiny, conductors of heat/electricity, high boiling and melting points

Question 2

What are non-metals?

Answer 2

State varies, dull, brittle, poor conductors, low melting and boiling points

Question 3

What are metalloids?

Answer 3

Semiconductors don’t fit either category

Question 4

Where are the metals located?

Answer 4

To the left of the periodic table

Question 5

Where are the nonmetals located?

Answer 5

To the right of the periodic table

Question 6

Where are the metalloids located?

Answer 6

In between the metals and nonmetals

Question 7

What are transition metals?

Answer 7

They have a moderate range of reactivity and a wide range of properties.

Question 8

TOF: Transition metals are shiny and
good conductors of heat and electricity

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Do transition metals have higher densities or lower densities?

Answer 9

Higher

Question 10

What metal has 1/2 valence electrons?

Answer 10

Transition metals

Question 11

What are the elements in the middle of the table called and why?

Answer 11

Transition because their properties change from metallic to nonmetallic

Question 12

What group has two nonmetals, two metalloids, and one metal?

Answer 12

Nitrogen Group

Question 13

How many valence electrons do nitrogen groups have?

Answer 13

5

Question 14

What group is slightly less reactive because they have two valence electrons?

Answer 14

Alkaline-earth Metals

Question 15

What are valence electrons?

Answer 15

An electron in the highest occupied level on an atom

Question 16

What are silver colored and denser than Group 1 metals?

Answer 16

Alkaline-earth Metals

Question 17

What contains one nonmetal, two metalloids, and two metals?

Answer 17

Carbon Group

Question 18

What has four valence electrons?

Answer 18

Carbon Group

Question 19

TOF: Noble gases are reactive

Answer 19

False

Question 20

What gases are colorless, odorless (when at room temperature), and full of energy?

Answer 20

Noble Gases

Question 21

How many valence electrons do noble gases have?

Answer 21

8

Question 22

Which noble gas does not have 8 valence electrons?

Answer 22

Helium (it has 2)

Question 23

Which element does not match the properties of any other group so it stands alone?

Answer 23

Hydrogen

Question 24

TOF: Hydrogen is very reactive, colorless, and odorless

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What contains metalloids and 4 metals?

Answer 25

The Boron Group

Question 26

How many valence electrons does the Boron Group have?

Answer 26

3

Question 27

What metal was taken out of the table and placed at the bottom so the periodic table wouldn't be so wide?

Answer 27

Lanthanides and Actinides

Question 28

The vertical columns on the periodic table are called ___________

Answer 28

Groups

Question 29

The elements on the right side of the P.T. are classified as _____________

Answer 29

Nonmetals

Question 30

The elements on the left side of the P.T. are classified as _______________

Answer 30

Metals

Question 31

Elements of the same ___________ have the same number of valence electrons, which determines the element's chemical properties

Answer 31

Group

Question 32

The horizontal rows of the P.T. are called ___________

Answer 32

Periods

Question 33

What metals are extremely overreactive and only have 1 valence electron?

Answer 33

Alkali metals

Question 34

Describe an Alkali Metal

Answer 34

Shiny, silver, soft and can be cut with a knife

Question 35

What contains three nonmetals, one metalloid, and one metal (and 6 valence electrons)?

Answer 35

The Oxygen Group

Question 36

TOF: The Oxygen Group is not a reactive group

Answer 36

False