PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTS
These elements bend when hammered into a thin sheet and can be drawn into a wire.
What is a metal?
Found in the second group and the 3rd period.
What is Beryllium located?
The atomic number tells you how many of these are in a neutral atom.
What are protons (and electrons)?
How many total atoms are in H₂O?
What is 3 atoms?
This element is the most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This type of element is brittle, dull, and a poor conductor of electricity.
What is a non-metal?
These elements are found along the zigzag “staircase.”
What are metalloids?
An atom has an atomic number of 11 and an atomic mass of 23. How many neutrons does it have?
What is 12 neutrons?
How many oxygen atoms are in 3CO₂?
What is 6 oxygen atoms?
This scientist died from aplastic anemia, a blood disease caused by long-term, intense exposure to the radiation she studied, as its dangers weren't understood in her time; she handled radioactive elements directly, leading to cell damage and ultimately her death in 1934, with even her notebooks still radioactive today.
Who is Marie Curry?
These elements conduct electricity under certain circumstances and are often used in electronics like cellphones.
What is a metalloid?
Very unreactive family that resides on the right side of the periodic table of elements.
What is Group 18 (noble gases)?
This number, that often needs to be rounded in order to calculate the number of neutrons?
What is the atomic mass?
the total number atoms in 4CaCl₂?
What is 12.
This letter does not appear in any chemical symbol.
What is J?
These elements are shiny and conductive but react slowly with water and air.
What is a transition metal?
This block of elements is located in the center of the periodic table.
What are transition metals?
An atom has 16 electrons. How many electrons are in each shell?
What is 2, 8, 6?
The number of hydrogen atoms in 2NaHCO₃?
What is 2 hydrogen atoms?
Russian chemist with the Initials D.M. renowned for creating the first widely accepted periodic table of elements, organizing them by atomic weight and recurring properties,
Who is Dimitri Mendeleev
This is a double Jeopardy Question.
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This family often reacts violently with water, is stored in oil, and is never found alone in nature.
What is the alkali metals?
An element is in Period 3 and Group 17. Name the element OR describe its properties.
What is chlorine OR a very reactive non-metal with 7 valence electrons?
This question is another daily double.
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An ion has 13 protons and 10 electrons. What is its charge?
What is +3?
The total atoms in Al₂(SO₄)₃?
What is 17 atoms?
The only elemental metal naturally liquid at standard room temperature (melting point: -38.8°C / -37.9°F).
What is mercury?