Using the periodic table?
  • 1. In which group, in the periodic table, can I find Chromium?
  • 2. In which group, in the periodic table, can I find Arsenic?
  • 3. I am in period 3 group 14 - who am I (no capitals)
  • 4. I am in period 6, group 6 - who am I? (no capitals)
  • 5. The number of electrons in the valence (outer) shell is equal to
A) the group I am in (if there are two numbers in the group use the second number)
B) the period that I am in
C) the atomic number of the element
  • 6. I am in group 17 - how many electrons are in my outer (valence) shell?
  • 7. The period I am in tells me
A) how many shells of electrons I have
B) my atomic number and how many protons I have
C) how many electrons are in my outer shell
  • 8. I am in group 13 - how many electrons are in my outer shell?
  • 9. I am in group 2 - how many electrons are in my outer shell?
  • 10. I am a metal - I lose all electrons in my outer shell and end up as a positively charged ion - what is the technical name for this
A) anion
B) cation
  • 11. I am a non-metal - I gain electrons in my outer shell (until it is full) and end up as a negatively charged ion - what is the technical name for this
A) cation
B) anion
  • 12. Which group is called Alkali Metals?
A) 18
B) 17
C) 1
  • 13. Which group is called Halogens?
A) 18
B) 1
C) 17
  • 14. Which group is called Noble Gases?
A) 1
B) 18
C) 17
  • 15. Which group is nonreactive?
A) halogens
B) alkali metals
C) noble gases
  • 16. Which group gets more reactive as you move DOWN the periodic table?
A) halogens
B) alkali metals
C) noble gases
  • 17. Which group gets less reactive as you move DOWN the periodic table?
A) noble gases
B) halogens
C) alkali metals
  • 18. Metals react by doing what with electrons
A) gaining them
B) losing them
  • 19. Non-metals react by doing what with electrons
A) losing them
B) gaining them
  • 20. An element in group 17 needs to gain 1 more electron to have a full valence shell (i.e. get to group 18). An element in group 16 needs to gain 2 electrons. How many electrons would an element in group 15 need to gain?
  • 21. My electron configuration is 2, 8, 7 - who am i? (no capitals)
  • 22. My electron configuration is 2, 3 - who am I? (no capitals)
  • 23. I am Carbon - what is my electron configuration? Format: n, n
  • 24. I am Silicon - what is my electron configuration? Format: n, n, n
Students who took this test also took :

Created with That Quiz — a math test site for students of all grade levels.