Periodic Trends Unit Exam Remediation Assignment:
1) Complete the following table:
Element
Atomic
Name:
Number:
Fluorine
Mass
Number:
Number of
Protons:
Number of
Neutrons:
Number of
Electrons:
Zinc
Magnesium
Sulfur
Hydrogen
2) Using the characteristics below, identify each of them as either a metal, nonmetal or
metalloid:
a) Poor Conductor of Heat and Electricity
b) Left of the Stair Step
c) Malleable and Ductile
d) Good Conductor of Heat and Electricity
e) Shiny
f) Right of the Stair Step
g) Properties of Both Metals and Nonmetals
h) Brittle
i) Along the Stair Step
j) Majority of the Elements on the Periodic Table
3) What is the difference between a group/family and a period on the periodic table?
4) What does each period on the periodic table correspond to?
5) Identify the following elements as either a metal, nonmetal, or a metalloid:
a) Nitrogen
b) Lithium
c) Hydrogen
d) Neon
e) Arsenic
f) Iron
g) Silicon
6) What is the atomic number of an atom equal to?
7) Name all of the elements that are in the same period as Boron (B) in increasing order of
atomic number.
8) Name all of the elements that are in the same group as Fluorine (F) in increasing order
of atomic number.
9) Name all of the elements that are in the same period as Sodium (Na) in increasing order
of atomic number.
10) Name all of the elements that are in the same group as Beryllium (Be) in increasing
order of atomic number.
11) What is another name for Group A elements?
12) What is another name for Group B elements?
13) What is another name for the Inner Transition Metals?
14) What is another name for Representative Elements?
15) What is another name for the Rare Earth Metals?
16) What is another name for the Transition Metals?
17) How is the modern periodic table arranged?
18) Describe Dmitri Mendeleev’s contribution to the development of the periodic table.
19) Describe Henry Moseley’s contribution to the development of the periodic table.
20) Identify the element that corresponds to that particular electron configuration:
a) 1s22s22p63s2
b) 1s22s22p63s23p4
c) 1s22s22p63s23p3
d) 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d6
e) 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p2
21) What is the ending electron configuration for the Noble Gases?
22) What is the ending electron configuration for the Alkali Metals?
23) What is the ending electron configuration for the Transition Metals?
24) What is the ending electron configuration for the Inner Transition Metals?
25) What is the ending electron configuration for the Aluminum Family?
26) What is the ending electron configuration for the Carbon Family?
27) What is the ending electron configuration for the Nitrogen Family?
28) What is the ending electron configuration for the Oxygen Family?
29) What is the ending electron configuration for the Halogen Family?
30) How can you determine that an element is stable using its electron configuration?
31) Which subatomic particle plays the largest part in determining the properties of an
element?
32) Identify the following elements as either an Alkali Metal, Alkaline Earth Metal,
Transition Metal, Halogen, or Noble Gas:
a) Lithium
b) Chlorine
c) Calcium
d) Argon
e) Cesium
f) Xenon
g) Iodine
h) Barium
33) Identify the name of the family for the following groups:
a) Group 1A
b) Group 2A
c) Group 3A
d) Group 4A
e) Group 5A
f) Group 6A
g) Group 7A
h) Group 8A
34) What is the group trend for atomic radius?
35) Explain the group trend for atomic radius.
36) What is the periodic trend for atomic radius?
37) Explain the periodic trend for atomic radius.
38) Place the following elements in order of increasing atomic radius:
a) Barium (Ba), Beryllium (Be), Radium (Ra), Magnesium (Mg), Strontium (Sr),
Calcium (Ca)
b) Polonium (Po), Cesium (Cs), Astatine (At), Gold (Au), Tungsten (W), Bismuth (Bi),
Mercury (Hg), Lead (Pb), Barium (Ba), Radon (Rn)
c) Barium (Ba), Selenium (Se), Helium (He), Antimony (Sb), Chlorine (Cl), Francium (Fr),
Bromine (Br), Neon (Ne), Strontium (Sr), Fluorine (F), Cesium (Cs), Arsenic (As)
39) What is the group trend for ionization energy?
40) Explain the group trend for ionization energy.
41) What is the periodic trend for ionization energy?
42) Explain the periodic trend for ionization energy.
43) What are the exceptions for the periodic trend for ionization energy?
44) Place the following elements in order of increasing ionization energy:
a) Silicon (Si), Lead (Pb), Carbon (C), Tin (Sn), Germanium (Ge)
b) Fluorine (F), Beryllium (Be), Neon (Ne), Oxygen (O), Lithium (Li), Boron (B),
Nitrogen (N), Carbon (C)
c) Magnesium (Mg), Francium (Fr), Phosphorus (P), Neon (Ne), Silicon (Si), Cesium (Cs),
Fluorine (F), Helium (He), Calcium (Ca), Barium (Ba), Aluminum (Al), Nitrogen (N),
Strontium (Sr), Oxygen (O)
45) What is the charge of a cation?
46) How do cations form?
47) What is the charge of an anion?
48) How do anions form?
49) Make notecards for the following terms. Be sure to use these notecards to prepare for
your retake exam:
a) Ionization Energy
b) Electron Affinity
c) Atomic Radius
d) Ion
e) Cation
f) Anion
g) Groups
h) Periods
i) Atomic Number
j) Dmitri Mendeleev
k) Henry Moseley
l) Periodic Table