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Chemistry
9th -
11thgrade
BrainPOP Periodic Table of Elements
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What characteristics are shared by all alkali metals and alkaline earth metals?
They conduct electricity very well.
They are strong and shiny.
They form alkaline solutions when mixed with water.
They do not react with water at all.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Carbon has an atomic number of 6. What can you conclude about carbon from this fact?
It has 6 protons.
It has 6 neutrons.
It's in group 6.
It's in period 6.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Noble gases are sometimes called "inert gases." What can you infer about the meaning of the word "inert" in chemistry?
It refers to substances that easily lose electrons.
It refers to substances that do not react with other substances.
It refers to substances that have strong electrochemical charges.
It refers to gases.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What do the orange and yellow spheres represent in this model of an atomic nucleus?
Gluons and leptons.
Protons and neutrons.
Positrons and electrons.
Atoms and molecules.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What do the elements highlighted in red have in common?
The same number of protons.
The same number of electrons.
The same number of neutrons.
The same number of electron shells.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a true statement?
Periods form horizontal rows; groups form vertical columns.
Groups form horizontal rows; periods form vertical columns.
Categories form horizontal rows; gases form vertical columns.
Gases form horizontal rows; categories form vertical columns.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is true of all atoms?
They are electrically charged.
They contain more than one electron shell.
They have full outer electron shells.
They contain at least one proton.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is one key physical difference between transition metals and poor metals?
Atomic mass.
Hardness.
Reactivity.
Charge.
- 9. Multiple Choice
If you wanted to find a sample of fermium, which has an atomic number of 100, where would you look?
Deep within the Earth.
In the Earth's atmosphere.
In outer space.
In a science lab.
- 10. Multiple Choice
To become positively charged, an atom must:
Gain a proton.
Lose a proton.
Gain an electron.
Lose an electron.
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