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The Periodic Table Flashcards

1
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What is the first element of group 3?

A

scandium

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2
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How many elements on the periodic table are not naturally occurring but have only been synthesized in laboratories and reactors?

A

24 (everything beyond and including americium)

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3
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Groups 3 through 12 are referred to by which block designation?

A

d-block

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4
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What is the trivial name for group 17?

A

halogens

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5
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In what year did Dmitri Mendeleev publish the first recognizable periodic table?

A

1869

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6
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What is the trivial name for group 18?

A

noble gases

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7
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Name the alkaline earth metals in order, from period 2 to period 7.

A

beryllium (period 2), magnesium (3), calcium (4), strontium (5), barium (6), radium (7)

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8
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What is the first element of group 9?

A

cobalt

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9
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Which groups comprise the d-block?

A

groups 3 through 12 (the transition metals)

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10
Q

Name the alkali metals in order, from period 2 to period 7.

A

lithium (period 2), sodium (3), potassium (4), rubidium (5), cesium (6), francium (7)

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11
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How many elements on the periodic table are naturally occurring?

A

94 (up to and including plutonium)

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12
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What are the three coinage metals of group 11?

A

copper (period 4), silver (5), and gold (6)

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13
Q

In general, in a group, electronegativity increases from . . .

A

bottom to top

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14
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What is the trivial name for group 1?

A

alkali metals

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15
Q

Who published the first recognizable periodic table in 1869?

A

Dmitri Mendeleev

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16
Q

Groups 13 through 18 are referred to by which block designation?

A

p-block

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17
Q

What is the most electronegative element?

A

fluorine

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18
Q

What is the first element of group 7?

A

manganese

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19
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What are the two metalloids in the carbon group (group 14)?

A

silicon (period 3) and germanium (period 4)

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20
Q

What is the first element of group 8?

A

iron

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21
Q

How many elements on the periodic table are liquids at STP?

A

2 (mercury and bromine)

22
Q

What is the first element of group 16 (the chalcogens)?

A

oxgyen

23
Q

How many periods are there on the periodic table?

A

7 (currently)

24
Q

What is the trivial name for group 16?

A

chalcogens

25
Q

What is the first element of group 5?

A

vanadium

26
Q

What is the first element of group 13?

A

boron

27
Q

In which numbers group are the coinage metals (copper, silver, and gold)?

A

Group 11

28
Q

What is the first element of group 15 (the pnictogens)?

A

nitrogen

29
Q

What is the trivial name for group 2?

A

alkaline earth metals

30
Q

Name the halogens in order, from period 2 to period 7.

A

fluorine (period 2), chlorine (3), bromine (4), iodine (5), astatine (6), tennessine (7)

31
Q

What is the first element of group 4?

A

titanium

32
Q

The lanthanide and actinide series are referred to by which block designation?

A

f-block

33
Q

What is the trivial name for group 15?

A

pnictogens

34
Q

Which groups comprise the p-block?

A

groups 13 through 18

35
Q

What adjective is often used to describe the metals of groups 3 through 12?

A

transition (or d-block)

36
Q

In each period, which element has the largest atomic radius?

A

the alkali metal

37
Q

What is the first element of group 14?

A

carbon

38
Q

How many groups are there on the periodic table?

A

18

39
Q

What are the letter designations of the subshells (in order of increasing energy)?

A

s, p, d, f, and g

40
Q

Groups 1 and 2 are referred to by which block designation?

A

s-block

41
Q

Which elements comprise the f-block?

A

the lanthanide and actinide series

42
Q

What is the first element of group 10?

A

nickel

43
Q

What element is immediately below oxygen on the period table?

A

sulfur

44
Q

What are the two metals in the carbon group (group 14)?

A

tin (period 5) and lead (period 6)

45
Q

Which groups comprise the s-block?

A

groups 1 and 2

46
Q

What is the first element of group 12?

A

zinc

47
Q

Name the noble gases in order, from period 1 to period 7.

A

helium (period 1), neon (2), argon (3), krypton (4), xenon (5), radon (6), oganesson (7)

48
Q

How many elements on the periodic table have at least one stable isotope?

A

80 (everything up to and including number 82, lead, with the exceptions of technetium and promethium)

49
Q

In general, in a period, electronegativity increases from . . .

A

left to right

50
Q

What is the first element of group 6?

A

chromium

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