Periodic Table Practice Quiz

What states that elements arranged according to their atomic number show a regular, repeating pattern in their properties?
1. Periodic Classes
2. Periodic Law
3. Law of Elements
4. Mendeleev's Law
What do we call the horizontal rows on the Periodic Table?
1. Groups
2. Periods
3. Families
4. Trends
What tells you how many electron shells an element has?
1. Period Number
2. Group Number
3. Atomic Number
What do we call the vertical columns on the Periodic Table?
1. Groups
2. Periods
3. Trends
What tells you how many valence electrons an element has?
1. Period Number
2. Atomic Number
3. Group Number
What do we call the electrons in the outermost shell of an element?
1. Important
2. Valence
3. Periodic
Which Family of elements has members with one valence electron, are very soft, and react violently with water?
1. Alkali Metals
2. Alkaline Earth Metals
3. Transition Metals
4. Other Metals
Which Family of elements has members with 2 valence electrons that are brittle and react slowly with water?
1. Alkali Metals
2. Alkaline Earth Metals
3. Transition Metals
4. Other Metals
What is the name of the large family in the center of the Periodic Table where we find the coinage and magnetic metals?
1. Alkali Metals
2. Alkaline Earth Metals
3. Transition Metals
4. Other Metals
What is the name of the family that really belongs in Group 3, which contains the Lanthanide and Actinide series?
1. Transition Metals
2. Rare Earth Metals
3. Other Metals
4. Non Metals
Which family has metals with low melting points and includes Aluminum, Tin and Lead?
1. Transition Metals
2. Rare Earth Metals
3. Other Metals
4. Metalloids
Which family contains the elements that touch the zig-zag line and are semi-conductors of electricity?
1. Transition Metals
2. Other Metals
3. Rare Earth Metals
4. Metalloids
Which family of elements has Hydrogen, Carbon, and Nitrogen as members?
1. Metalloids
2. Non-Metals
3. Halogens
4. Noble Gases
Which family of elements contains poisonous members who all have 7 valence electrons?
1. Metalloids
2. Non-Metals
3. Halogens
4. Noble Gases
Which family does not form compounds (naturally) due to their full valence shells?
1. Noble Gases
2. Halogens
3. Non-Metals
4. Metalloids