The Periodic Table
Families of the Periodic Table
Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
Properties
Periodic Puzzlers
100

What the elements of the periodic table are made of

What is one type of atom? 

100

What is the 1st group on the periodic table (not including hydrogen) is called

What are the Alkali Metals?

100

The most metallic properties are found in this group

What is Group 1? 

100

Ductile means that the metal is able to do this

What is be drawn into thin wires? 

100

This element is found in period 4, group 10.

What is Nickel?

200

The horizontal rows

What are the Periods? 

200

Characteristics of transition metals include being hard, malleable, and less this

What is reactive? 

200

Metalloids have these properties

What are properties of both metals and nonmetals?

200

Thermal conductivity means that my metal spoon in a cup of hot water will

What is get hot too?

200

The periods on the table represent this number

What is the number of energy levels in an atom? (or shells or rings)

300

The vertical columns 

What are the Groups?

300

Group 17 is also known as the 

What are the Halogens? 

300

List three properties of nonmetals

What is dull, brittle, and insulators?

300

Being dull is an example of this property

What is luster?

300

Name two elements that would have the same chemical property of being very reactive

Teacher will decide... ex any two from Group 1 or any two from group 17
400

Elements are put into rows by increasing _____

What is the Atomic Number? (Mass will be accepted but first its the Number!!)

400

An element that shares similar chemical properties to oxygen

What is Sulfur (or Selenium or Tellurium)?

400

The only two elements that are liquid at room temperature on the Periodic Table, one is shiny the other is dull.

What are Mercury and Bromine? 
400

Density represents the relationship between what two properties? 

What are mass and volume?

400

This metal is essential for making steel and is also found in your blood, helping carry oxygen.

What is Iron?

500

Elements in the same group have the most similar chemical properties because of 

What is the same number of valence electrons? (I will just except electrons too)



500

Nobel Gases are non reactive because of this

What is the number of valence electrons? or What is they have 8 electrons on their last shell? A full shell?

500

A metalloids that is used for its semiconductor purposes.

What is silicon? (Germanium will also be accepted)

500

These important particles control an elements chemical reactivity

What are electrons? 

500

This term describes a conclusion you make based on observations and prior knowledge.

What is an inference?

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