Periodic Table Quest

Family Names

1

Name the first family on the periodic table including elements such as: Lithium, Sodium and Potassium.

Alkali Metals

2

Name the large group of elements in the middle of the table, comprising many rows and columns and including elements such as Iron and Gold.

Transition Metals

3

Name the family to the furthest right of the table, including elements such as Neon and Xenon.

Nobel Gasses

4

This family forms ions with charges +4 or -4.

Carbon Family

5

These are the only 2 periods to have names. Must name both.

Lanthanides and Actinides 

Trends

1

What is the most reactive element (symbol is fine) based on our reactivity tend? 

Fr

2

This term refers to how much energy is required to remove an electron from an atom.

Ionization Energy 

3

This term refers to how badly an atom wants to take in extra electrons.

Electronegativity 

4

Elements in this family do not have an electronegativity value. 

Nobel Gasses

5

What is the charge of ions formed from the halogens? 

-1

Atoms

1

The paths electrons must follow in a Bohr Model are called this.

Orbitals

2

How many electrons fit inside the first orbital of an atom?

2

3

The majority of the mass of an atom is found where?

Nucleus 

4

Bigger atoms have more of these outside the nucleus. 

electrons or orbitals

5

When electrons move between levels of an atom, the photon of light produced is equal to what?

The energy difference of the energy levels 

Ions and Isotopes

1

An ion has a different number of these things causing the atom to have a charge.

Electrons

2

An isotope has a different number of these things causing the atom to have a different mass.

Neutrons

3

What do we call an ion with a position charge?

Cation

4

An isotope of Silicon has a mass of 34. How many neutrons does it have?

20

5

What needs to be done to the percent abundances of isotopes in order to correctly use them in the average atomic mass equation? 

Divide them by 100 aka make them a decimal

Misc.

1

Who is credited as the creator of the FIRST periodic table?

Dmitri Mendeleev

2

Who is credited with adjusting the periodic table to come up with the REAL MODERN version we use? 

Henry Moseley

3

How is the REAL MODERN periodic table organized?

By atomic number

4

Elements can be divided into 3 types. These are:

Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids 

5

What rule states atoms want 8 valence electrons? 

Octet Rule