Periodic Table Basics
What number determines the order of elements on the modern periodic table?
What is atomic number?
What does atomic radius describe?
What does electronegativity measure?
What is an atom's ability to attract shared electrons in a chemical bond?
What does ionization energy measure?
How many valence electrons does sulfur (S) have?
What is 6?
What are the other two names for a column on the periodic table?
What is group and family?
What atom is larger: lithium (Li) or potassium (K)?
What is potassium (K)?
Which element attracts shared electrons more strongly: oxygen (O) or sulfur (S)? (has a higher electronegativity)
What is oxygen?
Which element generally has a lower ionization energy: lithium (Li) or cesium (Cs).
An atom has the electron configuration of 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p¹. What element is it?
What is aluminum (Al)?
Chlorine and bromine belong to the same family. What is this family called and how many valence electrons do these elements have?
What are Halogens and 7 valence electrons?
Put these elements in order from smallest to largest atomic radius: oxygen (O), carbon (C), and lithium (Li).
What is O, C, and Li?
As you move from left to right across a period, what happens to electronegativity in general?
Which element generally has a higher ionization energy: sodium (Na) or chlorine (Cl)?
What is chlorine (Cl)?
How many unpaired electrons does a ground-state oxygen atom have? (a neutral oxygen atom).
Hint: Draw a Lewis Dot Structure
What is 2 unpaired electrons?
An element is shiny, malleable, and conducts electricity well. Is it most likely a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid?
What is a metal?
Magnesium (Mg) and chlorine (Cl) are in the same period. Which has the larger atomic radius, and why?
What is Magnesium because of increased nuclear charge/increased number of protons?
Put these elements in order from lowest to highest electronegativity: potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and bromine (Br).
What is K, Ca, and Br?
Put these elements in order from lowest to highest first ionization energy: lithium (Li), sodium (Na), and potassium (K).
What is potassium (K), sodium (Na), and lithium Li?
Write the full electron configuration for calcium (Ca), which has an atomic number of 20.
What is: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s²?
What is 8, Noble Gases, and Krypton?
What is more electron shells, the outer electrons are farther away from the nucleus?
Fluorine and iodine are in the same group. Which has the higher electronegativity, and why?
What is Fluorine because of less electron shells/energy levels?
Two atoms are in the same group. Atom A is near the top, and Atom B is near the bottom. Which atom generally requires more energy to remove an outer electron? Explain why.
What is the orbital diagram for Neon?
Drawn on board.