Group 0 Quiz
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1. Which group of the periodic table are the noble gases in?
- A. Group 1
- B. Group 7
- C. Group 0
- D. Group 2
2. Why are noble gas atoms chemically inert?
- A. They have no electrons
- B. They have a full outer shell of electrons
- C. They are radioactive
- D. They have only one electron shell
3. What happens to the boiling points of the noble gases going down Group 0?
- A. They decrease
- B. They stay the same
- C. They increase
- D. They fluctuate randomly
4. Why is argon, rather than air, used inside a filament light bulb?
- A. Argon is cheaper than air
- B. Argon is inert, so it will not react with the hot filament
- C. Argon glows brightly when heated
- D. Argon increases the bulb's brightness
5. A student is given boiling point data for helium (-269 degC), neon (-246 degC) and argon (-186 degC) and asked to predict the boiling point of krypton. Which value is most sensible?
- A. -300 degC
- B. -250 degC
- C. -153 degC
- D. 0 degC