Periodic Table Test

Question 1

What is the charge of a proton?

Answer 1

positive

Question 2

What is the charge of a neutron?

Answer 2

neutral

Question 3

What is the charge of an electron?

Answer 3

negative

Question 4

What is the difference between an element and a compound?

Answer 4

A compound contains more than one element. Elements combine to form compounds.

Question 5

Who organized the Periodic Table?

Answer 5

Dimitri Mendeleev

Question 6

The atomic mass is the sum of what particles?

Answer 6

protons + neutrons

Question 7

Explain why all elements in nature are neutral.

Answer 7

Protons and and electrons combine and balance each other out

Question 8

What is an atom that has differing forms due to different numbers of neutrons?

Answer 8

an isotope

Question 9

What is the total number of electrons that can be found in the first layer?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

How many electrons can be found in the second layer?

Answer 10

8

Question 11

What layers combine to produce the second layer?

Answer 11

S and P layers

Question 12

How many electrons can be found in the third layer?

Answer 12

18

Question 13

Which layers combine to create the third layer?

Answer 13

S, P, and D layers

Question 14

How many electrons may be found in the fourth layer?

Answer 14

32

Question 15

What layers combine to make the fourth layer?

Answer 15

S, P, D, and F layers

Question 16

What is the shape of the S layer?

Answer 16

A sphere

Question 17

what is the shape of the P layer?

Answer 17

A dumbbell

Question 18

What is the shape of the D layer?

Answer 18

a clover

Question 19

How does the energy change as the electron layers move away from the nucleus?

Answer 19

They gain potential energy and become less stable

Question 20

What are the characteristics of metals?

Answer 20

Shiny, solid at room temperature, good conductors of electricity and heat, located to the left and center.

Question 21

What is most abundant in the Periodic Table?

Answer 21

Metals

Question 22

What are the characteristics of Nonmetals?

Answer 22

Not shiny, solid or gas at room temperature, not good conductors of heat or electricity, very brittle, don’t reflect light, found at the right side of the Periodic Table

Question 23

What are the characteristic of metalloids?

Answer 23

Have properties of both metals and nonmetals, good in computers and calculators, carry an electric charge, found on right side of the table

Question 24

Name the three particles that make up an atom

Answer 24

protons, neutrons, electrons

Question 25

What does the Lewis Diagram represent?

Answer 25

It represents the last layer of electrons and the symbol.

Question 26

What does the Bohr Diagram represent?

Answer 26

It represents the whole atom, it’s nucleus, and its layers.