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The Periodic Table
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  • Question 1
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    Q. As one of the crowning achievements of human thought, what is the most important table ever?
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    the table where they signed the Declaration of Independence
    the stone table of Aslan
    any table of contents
    the periodic table of elements
  • Question 2
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    Q. Where was Mendeleev born and raised until the age of 13?
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    in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine
    near Tobolsk, in Siberia
    in Saint Petersburg, Russia
    in Moscow, Russia
  • Question 3
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    Q. After traveling 1600 miles on horseback with his mother, where did Mendeleev attend university?
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    in St. Petersburg
    in Moscow
    in Siberia
    in Ukraine
  • Question 4
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    Q. In the 1860's, how many elements were known to mankind?
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    about 20
    about 40
    about 60
    about 80
  • Question 5
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    Q. In the 1860's most scientists were organizing the elements by their _____
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    atomic weights
    density
    chemical properties
    physical properties
  • Question 6
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    Q.

    Mendeleev realized that chemical characteristics repeated _____

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    at odd numbered intervals

    every seven elements

    every eight elements

    every nine elements

  • Question 7
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    Q. In Mendeleev's time, which major family of elements had not yet been discovered?
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    the alkali metals
    the alkaline earth metals
    the halogens
    the noble gases
  • Question 8
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    In modern times, we know that chemical characteristics repeat _____

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    at odd numbered intervals

    every seven elements

    every nine elements

    every eight elements

  • Question 9
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    Q. While obsessed with organizing the elements, Mendeleev realized that he was _____
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    focusing on the wrong characteristics
    not reading his science journals
    not publishing papers
    missing element cards
  • Question 10
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    Q. Mendeleev inserted gaps in the periodic table to represent _____
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    the rare earth elements
    the noble gases
    elements that hadn't been discovered yet
    elements that didn't fit the trends
  • Question 11
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    Q. At the far left of the periodic table, we have the soft, shiny, extremely reactive _____
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    alkali metals
    alkaline earth metals
    transition metals
    metalloids
  • Question 12
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    Q. Alkali metals want nothing more than to dump off an electron and form a _____
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    positive ion, or cation
    positive ion, or anion
    negative ion, or cation
    negative ion, or anion
  • Question 13
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    Q. Second from the left on the periodic table, we have the reactive _____
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    alkali metals
    alkaline earth metals
    transition metals
    metalloids
  • Question 14
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    Q. Alkaline earth metals tend to lose electrons to form _____
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    anions with one negative charge
    anions with two negative charges
    cations with one positive charge
    cations with two positive charges
  • Question 15
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    Q. The middle area of the table is made up of a nice, solid rectangle of _____
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    alkali metals
    alkaline earth metals
    transition metals
    metalloids
  • Question 16
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    Q. The majority of elements are malleable, good conductors, and are classified as _____
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    metals
    nonmetals
    semimetals
    metalloids
  • Question 17
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    Q. Second from the right is a set of extremely reactive gases called _____
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    halogens
    noble gases
    chalcogens
    lanthanides
  • Question 18
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    Q. Halogens make up a set of extremely reactive gases that form negative ions, or _____
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    anions, with one negative charge
    anions, with two negative charges
    cations, with one positive charge
    cations, with two positive charges
  • Question 19
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    Q. The rectangle between the halogens and the transition metals contain elements involved in _____
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    covalent organic chemistry
    ionic organic chemistry
    covalent inorganic chemistry
    ionic inorganic chemistry
  • Question 20
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    Q. Down below, in their own little island, are the _____
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    lanthanides and ceriumides
    ceriumides and thoriumides
    lanthanides and actinides
    actinides and thoriumides
  • Question 21
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    Q. On the far right, undiscovered when Mendeleev built his chart, are the unreactive _____
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    kingly gases
    noble gases
    regal gases
    imperial gases
  • Question 22
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    Q. The periodicity of elements is a physical phenomenon. It's a function of _____
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    protons
    neutrons
    electrons
    photons
  • Question 23
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    Q. The lanthanides and actinides should be part of the table, but we separate them out because _____
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    they are rarely found in nature
    it's hard to fit the result on a piece of paper
    they are produced only in a lab
    they don't form ions
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