Fariz Arif Khan - Periodic Table

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Q1.

(a)     The diagram below shows part of the periodic table of elements.

          The shaded area contains only metal elements.

          Two other areas also contain only metal elements.

          Which areas contain only metal elements?


Tick the two correct boxes.

          A        B        C        D        E


1 mark

(b)     Copper is a metal.

          At room temperature copper is a strong solid.


Give two other properties of copper that show it is a metal.

A good conductor of electricity.


1. ....................................................................................................................
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It's Malleable.
2. ....................................................................................................................
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(c)     When copper metal is heated it reacts with a gas in air.

          What is the chemical name of the product formed when copper reacts with a gas in
air? ......................................................
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1 mark

(d)     Which statement below describes what happens in a chemical change but not in a
physical change?

          Tick the correct box.


 

The product is a solid.


 

The change only happens at a high


temperature.
 

The atoms have combined in a different way


to make a new substance.
 

The types of atoms at the start are the same


as in the end product.
 
1 mark
maximum 5 marks

Q2.
By 1869, about 60 elements had been discovered.
Mendeleev arranged these elements in a table, in order of their atomic weight.
He put elements with similar chemical properties in the same column.
Mendeleev and part of his table are shown below.
 
Column

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

H            

Li Be B C N O F

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl

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Use the periodic table on the Data Sheet to help you to answer these questions.

(a)     Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.
 
  groups.
In the periodic table the columns are known as periods.
  rows.

(1)

(b)     Suggest one reason why hydrogen should not have been put in column 1.

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(1)

(c)     In 1895, the first of a new family of elements was discovered.
One of the new elements was called helium.

Where has this new family of elements been placed in the modern periodic table?

........................................................................................................................
(1)

(d)     Complete the sentence.

In the periodic table on your Data Sheet, the elements are arranged in order of their

atomic ........................................ .
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(Total 4 marks)

Q3.
In 1869, a scientist put the 60 known elements into his periodic table.

 
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SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete each sentence.

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(a)
  Boyle.

The scientist who put these elements into a periodic table was Mendeleev.

  Newlands.

(1)

(b)
  atomic weight.

First he put the 60 known elements in order of their boiling point.

  electrical conductivity.

(1)

(c)
groups.
Then he put elements with similar chemical properties in columns, periods.
known as
rows.

(1)

(d)
uncommon.

His periodic table had gaps for elements that were undiscovered.

unreactive.

(1)
electronic
structures.
From 1900 onwards, the modern periodic table was produced. The
modern periodic table is an arrangement of elements in terms of neutron numbers.
their atomic weights.

(1)
(Total 5 marks)

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