Families on the Periodic Table
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What is the family name for Group 1 on the periodic table? 

alkali metals

100

Which of the following scientists created the first version of the modern periodic table in 1869?

a.) Henry Mosely

b.) Dimitri Mendeleev

c.) Albert Einstein

b.) Dimitri Mendeleev

100

What is the name for the electrons found in the outermost energy level of an atoms?

valance electrons

200

What is the family name for Group 2 on the periodic table?

alkaline earth metals

200
How many valence electrons do group 14 elements have on the periodic table?

a.) 14

b.) 1

c.) 4

c.) 4

200

Which of the following is a covalently bonded molecule?

a.) Cl subscript 2 

b.) Ne

c.) sodium oxide

a.) Cl subscript 2

300

What is the family name for Group 17 and 18 on the periodic table?

17: halogens 

18: noble gases

300

What is the maximum number of electrons that can fit in the 1st energy level of any atom?

a.) 2

b.) 4

c.) 8

a.) 2

300

Which term describes the units that make up substances formed by ionic bonding?

ions

400

What is the family name for groups 3-12 on the periodic table?

transition metals

400

This term is used to describe the number of rings found surrounding the nucleus when drawing a model of an atom.

a.) energy electrons

b.) energy levels

c.) valance levels

b.) energy levels

400

Which of the following compounds is unlikely to contain ionic bonds?

a.) NaF

b.) LiCL

c.) CO

c.) CO

500

What are the names of the families found in the inner transition metals?

lanthanides and actinides

500

Which element belongs to the noble gas family?

a.) Oxygen

b.) Fluorine

c.) Xenon

c.) Xenon

500

In the chemical formula CO subscript 2, the subscript 2 shows what?

There are two oxygen atoms

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