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TEST: The Periodic Table, Properties, and Positions

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DIRECTIONS: The Periodic Table is broken into three main GROUPS, each with specific properties.

Correctly name these groups and identify their properties using the provided choices page.

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DIRECTIONS: The Periodic Table is classified into nine FAMILIES, each with specific properties.

Correctly name these families and identify their properties using the provided choices page.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer. Circle your choice.

1. The ability of a substance to

transfer heat or electricity.

A. Malleability

B. Physical Property

C. Conductivity

D. Luster

2. A pure substance made of only one

kind of atom and cannot be broken

down by chemical means.

A. Compound

B. Element

C. Mixture

D. Semiconductor

3. The ability of a substance to be

hammered without breaking.

A. Element

B. Ductility

C. Conductivity

D. Malleability

4. A material that conducts electricity

only at high temperatures.

A. Semiconductor

B. Compound

C. Luster

D. Brittle

5. The Russian scientist who developed

the Periodic Table.

A. Einstein

B. Mendeleev

C. Lavoisier

D. Newlands

8. The name given to the rows of the

Periodic Table.

A. Groups

B. Sections

C. Clusters

D. Periods

9. The name given to the columns of

the Periodic Table.

A. Clusters

B. Groups

C. Periods

D. Sections

10. The ability of a substance to be

drawn out into a wire.

A. Conductivity

B. Luster

C. Element

D. Ductility

11. When a substance is hard, but

liable to break or shatter easily.

A. Luster

B. Compound

C. Brittle

D. Malleability

7. The ability of a substance to reflect

light.

A. Luster

B. Brittle

C. Semiconductor

D. Ductility

6. A property of a substance that is

observed without changing its form.

A. Chemical Property

B. Compound

C. Physical Property

D. Element

12. A property of a substance that is

observed while it changes form.

A. Chemical Property

B. Element

C. Compound

D. Physical Property

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Choices Page for Page One

GROUPS

A. These elements are generally solids, can be shiny or dull, and

are used as semiconductors in electronics.

B. Elements that are generally shiny, hard, and malleable. They

also make good conductors of heat and electricity.

C. These elements do not conduct heat or electricity well, are

brittle if solid, but consist mostly of gaseous elements.

FAMILIES

A. These metals have high densities, strength, and are resistant to corrosion.

These metals react less quickly to oxygen and many can exist in nature as

free elements.

B. Highly reactive metals that do not occur freely in nature. These metals are

the least dense of all the metals and are very soft.

C. This group of elements consists of odorless, colorless gases that can occur as

free elements because they do not react with other elements. They can only

react under special conditions in a laboratory.

D. Often called the ‘Poor Metals’, this group of metals are in common to most

metals – malleable, ductile, conductors – but have lower melting and boiling

points and are softer in comparison.

E. Also known as the ‘Rare-Earth’ elements, these metals oxidize rapidly in

moist air and dissolve quickly in acids.

F. This group of elements react with metals to form salts. These elements react

so quickly with other elements they can only occur in nature as compounds.

G. All of these elements are radioactive due to instability. The majority are

made synthetically using particle accelerators, are short lasting, and quickly

decay into other elements.

H. These elements are poor conductors of heat and electricity, are brittle if

solid, and have a dull appearance. Many of these elements make up the

majority of living matter.

I. These metals are the second-most reactive group of metals. They do not

occur freely in nature and react readily with halogens.

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