Periodic Table

Question 1

What is electronegativity?

Answer 1

The tendency for an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons

Question 2

Electronegativity is measured within

Answer 2

Bonds

Question 3

Which characteristic has a direct effect on each of the periodic trends?

Answer 3

Effective nuclear charge

Question 4

The greater the effective nuclear charge the

Answer 4

Greater the electronegativity

Question 5

Effective nuclear charge depends on

Answer 5

• Number of protons
• Distance from nucleus
• Shielding by inner shell electrons

Question 6

Zeff can be increased by the

Answer 6

Number of protons

Question 7

Zeff can be decreased by the

Answer 7

• Distance

- Amount of shielding

Question 8

Zeff does not measure the repulsion experienced by

Answer 8

Electrons in the same valence shell

Question 9

Alkali metals have distinctive flame colors due to their

Answer 9

Easily excited electrons in the s shell

Question 10

Alkali earth metals react with water to form

Answer 10

H2 gas and alkaline hydroxides

Question 11

What do metal oxides become in water?

Answer 11

Hydroxides

Question 12

The transition metals have little variability in their ionization energies and electronegativities due to their

Answer 12

Similar valence shells

Question 13

Transition metals are characterized by the formation of many

Answer 13

Paramagnetic compounds

Question 14

Transition metals have incompletely filled

Answer 14

D orbitals

Question 15

Transition metals are characterized by oxidation states due to the

Answer 15

Low reactivity of unpaired d electrons

Question 16

Transition metals can form

Answer 16

Coordination complexes

Question 17

Main group metals tend to form

Answer 17

Binary compounds