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A Periodic Poster Project Worksheet
Click on the first website listed.
1. Why are the elements placed in specific places on the Periodic Table?
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2. Periods are ______ that run from left to right.
3. Elements in the same period have the same _____________________.
4. Every element in the first period has _____ shell for its __________. Every element in the second period has _____ shells for its __________. See the pattern?
5. Groups are _______ that run from top to bottom.
6. The elements of a group have the same number of _____ in their _____ shell.
7. Every element in group one has _____ electron in its outer shell. Every element in group two has _____ electrons in its outer shell.
8. Hydrogen is special because it can act like two groups, ______ and _____.
9. Hydrogen sometimes is ________ an electron and sometimes it has an ______ electron.
10. Although helium has only _____ electrons in its outer shell, it is grouped with elements that have _____.
11. The gray elements on this table are called __________ elements. They each have two electrons in their outer shell.
Go back to main page and click on the second web site.
12. Click on Alkali Metals (left bar) and answer the following questions.
a. What is the group number? ______
b. Are these metals reactive? ______
c. Do these metals occur freely in nature? _____
d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? _____
e. What are the three characteristics of ALL metals? ____________________
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f. Are these metals soft or hard? __________
g. Name the two most reactive elements in this group? ________ and ________
h. What happens when they are exposed to water? ____________________
13. Go back and click on Alkaline Earth Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. What is the group number? ______
b. Are these metals reactive? ______
c. Do these metals occur freely in nature? _____
d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? (Hint: it's the same as their oxidation
number or group number.) ___________
14. Go back and click on Transition Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. How many elements are in this group? ______
b. What are the group numbers? ______ through ______
c. What are valence electrons? _______________________________
d. Because the valence electrons are present in more that one __________
transition metals often exhibit several common ___________________.
e. Name the three elements in this family that produce a magnetic field.
__________, __________, and ___________.
15. Go back and click on Other Metals and answer these questions.
a. How many elements are in this group? ______
b. What are the group numbers? ______ through ______
c. How are these other metals similar to the transition metals? _______________
d. How are these other metals different to the transition metals?_____________
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e. List three physical properties of these other metals. ______________________
f. What are the oxidation numbers for this group? __________________________
16. Go back and click on Metalloids to answer these questions.
a. Metalloids have properties of both __________ and __________.
b. Define semiconductor. _________________________________________
c. Name two metalloids that are semi-conductors. __________ and __________
d. This property makes metalloids useful in __________ and __________.
17. Go back and click on Nonmetals to answer these questions.
a. What are the group numbers? __________ through __________
b. List four characteristics of ALL nonmetals. __________________________
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c. What two states of matter do nonmetals exist in at room temperature?
_______ and _______
d. The nonmetals have no _______________ and do not _______________.
e. What are the oxidation numbers of the nonmetals? ______________________
18. Go back and click on Halogens to answer these questions.
a. What is the halogen group number? _____
b. Are halogens metals or nonmetals? __________
c. The term "halogen" means __________ and compounds containing halogens are called ________.
d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? __________
e. What is their oxidation number? __________
f. What states of matter do halogens exist in at room temperature? ___________
19. Go back and click on Noble Gases and answer these questions.
a. What is the group number? _____
b. Why were these gases considered to be inert or stable? _________________
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c. What is their oxidation number? _____
20. Go back and click on Rare Earth Elements and answer these questions.
a. On your periodic table, label the Lanthanide and Actinide series with your pencil.
b. How many Rare Earth elements are there? _____
c. Define trans-uranium. __________________________________________
d. The Rare Earth metals are found in group _____ and periods _____ and _____.