Periodic table

Question 1

What group in the periodic table react vigorously with water?

Answer 1

Group

Question 2

Do the group 1 metals get more or less reactive as you go down the table?

Answer 2

More reactive

Question 3

What are the group 1 metals called?

Answer 3

Alkali metals

Question 4

What are the group 7 elements called?

Answer 4

Halogens

Question 5

Why do the group 1 metals get more reactive?

Answer 5

As the electron gets further away from the nucleus, it can be lost easier and therefore is more reactive

Question 6

What are the rows of the periodic table called?

Answer 6

Period

Question 7

What changes as you go along a period?

Answer 7

Properties (dramatically)

Question 8

How does lithium react with water?

Answer 8

• Slow

* Gentle bubbling

Question 9

How does sodium react with water?

Answer 9

• More violent

* Moves around surface

Question 10

How does potassium react with water?

Answer 10

• Very violent
• Moves around surface
• Lilac flame

Question 11

Group 1 alkali metal + water ->

Answer 11

Metal hydroxide + hydrogen

Question 12

What is the colour and state of fluorine?

Answer 12

Yellow Gas

Question 13

What is the colour and state of chlorine?

Answer 13

Green Gas

Question 14

What is the colour and state of bromine?

Answer 14

Brown Liquid

Question 15

What is the colour and state of iodine?

Answer 15

Black Solid

Question 16

What happens to the reactivity of halogens as you go down the group?

Answer 16

It decreases

Question 17

What happens when a halogen reacts with another halogen’s salt solution?

Answer 17

It the halogen is more reactive than the halogen in the salt, then it will displace the halogen from its salt. Otherwise, there is no reaction.

These are REDOX reactions.