General Info
What scientist is given credit for organizing the periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev. When he arranged the lements he saw a repeating pattern of properties appear in columns.
What are the rows on the periodic table called?
Periods
What are the columns of the periodic table called?
Groups
Period 1, Group 1
Hydrogen
What color is George Washington's white horse?
Duh, It's white!
In what order are the elements arranged in the modern periodic table?
By atomic number
In what direction do period go? Give two words
horizontal
across
let to right
In what direction do the groups go? (2)
vertical
up and down
Period 2, Group 18
Neon
John's mom has four children. Their names are North, South, East and ____.
John
What tells the number of protons in an atom of an element?
The atomic number
Name the elements in period 1
Hydrogen and helium
Which of the following elements are in group 18?
Lithium [atomic #3]
Neon [atomic # 10]
carbon [atomic # 6]
Neon
Period 3, Group 13
Aluminum
A butcher is 6'2" tall and wears size 13 shoes. What does he weigh?
Meat. Butcher's weigh meat!
Name three pieces of information found in a box on the periodic table.
Name of the element
Symbol
Atomic Number
Atomic mass
What is the first element in Period 4?
Potassium - K
Name 2 nonmetals in Group 15
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Period 6, Group 14
Lead
The Jones family started driving south for their summer vacation going through 5 states along the way. The Bradford family are driving in the opposite direction and only went through 3 states. In what direction are they traveling?
North. The Bradfords are traveling north.
Going from left to right on the periodic table, what are the three types of elements?
Metals, metalloids, nonmetals.
True or False
Elements in the same period have similar properties.
False
True or False
Elements in the same group have similar properties.
True
Period 3, Group 14
Silicon
Two fathers and two sons spend the day fishing, but only caught 3 fish. This was enough for each person to have one fish. How is this possible?
There were only three people fishing:
One father, his son and his son's son.