Arrangement of Elements Quiz
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1. How are elements arranged in the periodic table?
- A. Alphabetically by name
- B. In order of increasing proton number
- C. In order of increasing mass number only
- D. Randomly by discovery date
2. What do all elements in the same group of the periodic table have in common?
- A. The same number of neutrons
- B. The same number of occupied electron shells
- C. The same number of outer shell electrons
- D. The same relative atomic mass
3. Which trend correctly describes character across a period, from left to right?
- A. Non-metallic to metallic
- B. Metallic to non-metallic
- C. No change in character
- D. Metallic on both ends, non-metallic in the middle
4. An element is in Group VI of the periodic table. What ion charge would you predict it forms?
- A. 1+
- B. 2+
- C. 2−
- D. 1−
5. An unknown element X is in the same group as chlorine but one period below it. Using periodic table trends, what can be predicted about element X compared with chlorine?
- A. X will have completely different chemical properties from chlorine
- B. X will have similar chemical properties to chlorine because it has the same number of outer shell electrons
- C. X will be a metal because it is in a lower period
- D. X cannot be predicted from its position in the periodic table