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This review covers key concepts of the periodic table, including element properties, arrangement, and metal/nonmetal/metalloid characteristics. It explores electron configurations and their relation to element groups: representative, noble gases, transition, and inner transition metals. Designed as a study aid, it reinforces understanding of the periodic table's organization and element properties. The Q&A format facilitates knowledge testing and identifies areas for further study. Suitable for high school and early university chemistry, it helps students review and strengthen their grasp of the periodic table and its elements.
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Chemists use the ___________ of elements to sort them into groups. - ANSWERSproperties The periodic table organizes the elements into vertical __________ and horizontal __________ - ANSWERSgroups; Periods or rows The period table organizes the elements in order of increasing ___________ - ANSWERSatomic number The table is constructed so that elements that have similar chemical properties are in the same ____________ - ANSWERSgroup What have a higher luster, or sheen, when cut? - ANSWERSmetals What state are most nonmetals at when at room temperature - ANSWERSgas What are elements with properties that are similar to those of metals and nonmetals called? - ANSWERSmetalloids Across the period table, the properties of elements become ________ metallic and _________ nonmetallic - ANSWERSless; more In his periodic table, Medeleev arranged the elements in order of atomic number (T/F) - ANSWERSFalse
There are six periods in a period table (T/F) - ANSWERSFalse Most elements in the period table are metals (T/F) - ANSWERSTrue The elements within a period have similar properties (T/F) - ANSWERSFalse A vertical column of elements in the period table (Metals, periods, group, nonmetals, metalloids) - ANSWERSgroup good conductors of heat and electric current (Metals, periods, group, nonmetals, metalloids) - ANSWERSmetals poor conductors of heat and electric current (Metals, periods, group, nonmetals, metalloids) - ANSWERSnonmetals have properties that are similar to those of metals and non metals (Metals, periods, group, nonmetals, metalloids) - ANSWERSmetalloids the horizontal rows of the periodic table (Metals, periods, group, nonmetals, metalloids) - ANSWERSperiods List the three properties of metals - ANSWERSgood conductors of heat and electric current; high luster; ductile; malleable; solids at room temperature Name two elements that have similar properties to those of chlorine - ANSWERSFluorine, bromine, iodine Name the three broad classes of elements - ANSWERSmetal metalloid nonmetal Which of these sets of elements have similar physical and chemical properties? a. oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, boron b. strontium, magnesium, calcium, beryllium c. nitrogen, neon, nickel, niobium - ANSWERSB: strontium, magnesium, calcium, beryllium Identify the element as metal, metalloid, or nonmetal A. Gold - ANSWERSmetal Identify the element as metal, metalloid, or nonmetal A. Sulfur - ANSWERSnonmetal Identify the element as metal, metalloid, or nonmetal. A. Silicon - ANSWERSMetalloid
Group 2A elements (alkali metals, inner transition metals, representative element, transition metal, noble gas, alkaline earth metals, halogens) - ANSWERSalkaline earth metals an element whose highest occupied s sub level and a nearby d sub level contains electrons (alkali metals, inner transition metals, representative element, transition metal, noble gas, alkaline earth metals, halogens) - ANSWERStransition metal an element whose highest occupied s sub level and a nearby f sub level generally contains electrons (alkali metals, inner transition metals, representative element, transition metal, noble gas, alkaline earth metals, halogens) - ANSWERSinner transition metal Group 1A elements (alkali metals, inner transition metals, representative element, transition metal, noble gas, alkaline earth metals, halogens) - ANSWERSalkali metals an element whose highest occupied s or p sublevels are partially filled (alkali metals, inner transition metals, representative element, transition metal, noble gas, alkaline earth metals, halogens) - ANSWERSrepresentative element Using Figure 6.9 and Figure 6.12, write the electron configurations of the following elements a. Carbon b. Strontium c. Vandium (1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d³4s² , 1s²2s²2p², 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d¹ 4s²4p⁶5s² ) -⁰ ANSWERSCarbon: 1s²2s²2p² Strontium: 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d¹ 4s²4p⁶5s²⁰ Vandium: 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d³4s² Group 1A - ANSWERSalkali metals Group 2A - ANSWERSalkaline earth metals Group 7A - ANSWERShalogens Group 8A - ANSWERSnoble gases Helium (He) - ANSWERS1s Neon (Ne) - ANSWERS1s22s22p Argon (Ar) - ANSWERS1s22s22p63s23p Krypton (Kr) - ANSWERS1s22s22p63s23p62d104s24p
Representative Elements - ANSWERSGroup 1A-7A display a wide range of physical and chemical properties Group 1A (Representative Elements) - ANSWERSLithium (Li): 1s22s Neon (Ne): 1s22s22p63s Argon (Ar): 1s22s22p63s23p64s Group 4A (Representative Elements) - ANSWERSCarbon (C): 1s22s22p Silicon (Si): 1s22s22p63s23p Argon (Ar): 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p Transition Metals - ANSWERSGroup B displayed in the main body of a periodic table copper, silver, gold, and iron Inner transition metals - ANSWERSappear below the main body of the periodic table