Name That Element!
This element has the abbreviation "O."
What is oxygen?
I get credit for how the periodic table looks today.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
Why could the symbol on the element be different from what we'd expect it to be?
What is: because the symbol could come from Latin (or another language).
Metals can be found where? Name one location.
Where is to the left and in the middle of the periodic table?
This element has the abbreviation "H."
What is hydrogen?
Scientists first started trying to organize a periodic table starting....
When is in the late 1700s?
Columns are called _________ and rows are called _________.
H
What are groups and periods (respectively)?
What kind of element is in Group 1?
H
What is alkali metals?
This element has the abbreviation "K."
What is potassium?
Our current periodic table dates from...
When is 1869?
Non-metals are on which side of the periodic table?
What is right?
Name the Group 7 elements.
H
What are halogens?
This element has the abbreviation "Na."
H
What is sodium?
What special thing did Mendeleev do that made it so we use his design today?
What is he predicted that more elements would be discovered, so he left space for them?
Also: he predicted what some elements' properties would be.
Why do noble gases get that nickname?
What is: because they don't react to/with "lesser elements."
Name the Group 0 elements.
What are noble gases?
This element has the abbreviation "Pb."
H
What is lead?
Daily Double!
How many elements have been discovered since Mendeleev published his periodic table?
What is 58?
Daily Double!
Give me the chemical symbol for the first transition metal in period 7.
What is Rf (Rutherfordium; named for the physicist Ernest Rutherford)?
What are the elements between Groups 2 and 3?
H
What are transition metals?