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Quiz about Reading the Table
Quiz about Reading the Table

Reading the Table Trivia Quiz


The periodic table is much more than a list of chemical elements. It can provide a plethora of information about the chemical and physical properties just by the element's position. This quiz uses fictional elements named after my teammates.

A multiple-choice quiz by doublemm. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
doublemm
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
356,849
Updated
Feb 02 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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3520
Awards
Editor's Choice
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Question 1 of 10
1. Note: The periodic table is arranged into vertical groups and horizontal periods.

Loonium and Burgium are found in the same period, but Burgium is in group 4, whereas Loonium is in group 2. What does this tell you?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Dazzium and Mimoium are both found in group 4, but Dazzium is in period 2, whereas Mimoium is in period 3. What does this tell us? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Glendium and Jabberium are also found in the same group, but Jabberium is in period 3, whilst Glendium is found in period 4. Concerning the atomic radii, which of the following is true? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Aerolancium is a noble gas in period 4 and Flopsium is a group 1 element in period 5. What behaviour is Flopsium most likely to exhibit? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Salamium and Emmium are both part of group 1 (also known as the alkali metals). Salamium is in period 2, whereas Emmium is in period 5. Which of these reacts more readily with Morphium, which is a halogen?

Answer: (One Word - Salamium or Emmium)
Question 6 of 10
6. Alongside Morphium in the halogens (also known as group 7) are Annium and Terrium. Morphium is in period 2 and is a pale yellow gas. Annium is in period 4 and is a brownish liquid. Terrium is in period 6. Which of the following will most closely describe Terrium's physical characteristics? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Elainium and Kylium are both found in period 3, but Elainium is in group 2 and Kylium is in group 5. Which has a larger radius? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Babium is found in the transition block, whereas Bassium is in group 3. Which of the following can be said with certainty about these two elements? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Two members of group 7 are Aprilium (period 3) and Jamillium (period 5). Which is more reactive with Barnium (a group 1 element)? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The periodic table can also be divided into blocks, with the names "s", "p", "d" and "f", according the type of orbital in which their valence electrons are found. Noctulium is a transition metal, Qoolium is in group 2 and Exitium is in group 5 (also called group 15). Which of these is a "p-block" element? Hint





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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Note: The periodic table is arranged into vertical groups and horizontal periods. Loonium and Burgium are found in the same period, but Burgium is in group 4, whereas Loonium is in group 2. What does this tell you?

Answer: Burgium has two more electrons in its valence shell than Loonium

The group (or column) in which an element is found is a good indicator of the number of electrons in its valence (outermost) electron shell. Elements in group 1 have one valence electron, elements in group 2 have two valence electrons, and noble gases (in group 8 (or 18)) have a full outer shell of electrons.
2. Dazzium and Mimoium are both found in group 4, but Dazzium is in period 2, whereas Mimoium is in period 3. What does this tell us?

Answer: Mimoium has one more electron shell than Dazzium

Whilst the group number indicates the number of valence electrons, the period number tells us how many electron shells an element contains. For example, hydrogen, in period 1, has only one electron shell. Lithium, in period 2, has two electron shells, and so on.
3. Glendium and Jabberium are also found in the same group, but Jabberium is in period 3, whilst Glendium is found in period 4. Concerning the atomic radii, which of the following is true?

Answer: Glendium is larger than Jabberium

The period number is an indication of how many electron shells an element possesses. Since the definition of an electron shell (and an electron orbital) is a 3D space where there is a high probability of finding an electron, more electron shells mean a larger atomic radius.
4. Aerolancium is a noble gas in period 4 and Flopsium is a group 1 element in period 5. What behaviour is Flopsium most likely to exhibit?

Answer: It will lose an electron to form a valence shell more like Aerolancium's

Elements lose, gain, or share electrons, forming ions or compounds in order to obtain a full outer shell of electrons, like the noble gases. The noble gases are stable and unreactive, and usually exist in their monatomic form.
5. Salamium and Emmium are both part of group 1 (also known as the alkali metals). Salamium is in period 2, whereas Emmium is in period 5. Which of these reacts more readily with Morphium, which is a halogen?

Answer: Emmium

In this instance, the reactivity of a group 1 element can be defined by the ease with which the element is able to lose (or donate) its single valence electron, thus forming an ion which has a full outermost shell. Emmium is in period 5, so its valence electron is found in the 5th electron shell.

This is far from the positively charged nucleus and so there is a smaller attractive force holding the valence electron in orbit. This is in comparison to Salamium, which has its valence electron in the second electron shell, much closer to the positive nucleus.
6. Alongside Morphium in the halogens (also known as group 7) are Annium and Terrium. Morphium is in period 2 and is a pale yellow gas. Annium is in period 4 and is a brownish liquid. Terrium is in period 6. Which of the following will most closely describe Terrium's physical characteristics?

Answer: A grey/black solid

When constructing the periodic table, Mendeleev was able to leave blank spaces for where he thought an as of yet undiscovered element should be placed. This was largely based on trends of chemical and physical properties. The halogens provide a good example of a change in physical properties. Going down the group, we begin with fluorine and chlorine, both yellowy-green gases, then bromine is a brown liquid and iodine a bluish-grey solid.

There is a clear trend, becoming darker and less fluid as we move down the group.

The last element of the halogens, astatine, is very unstable and sufficient amounts have not been collected to characterise it, though it is believed to follow the trend and be a black solid.
7. Elainium and Kylium are both found in period 3, but Elainium is in group 2 and Kylium is in group 5. Which has a larger radius?

Answer: Elainium

This is slightly trickier than comparing the size of elements in different periods (where the higher the period number, the larger the atomic radius). Instead, Elainium and Kylium are in the same period and have the same number of electron shells. The difference is that Kylium has 3 more protons in its nucleus than Elainium (since Kylium is in group 5 and Elainium is in group 2).

This more positive nucleus is able to attract the valence electrons more strongly, therefore pulling the outermost electrons in and decreasing the atomic radius.
8. Babium is found in the transition block, whereas Bassium is in group 3. Which of the following can be said with certainty about these two elements?

Answer: Babium can form a number of possible positive ions, whereas Bassium will only usually form one

Although, as a transition element, Babium is likely to be a metal, there is no way of telling whether or not Bassium is a metal. Instead, the defining characteristic of a transition element is the ability to form a number of positively charged ions. For example, iron can form stable 2+ ions and 3+ ions. Elements found in groups 1, 2, 3 etc. tend to lose (or gain) a set number of electrons and so form ions of consistent charge.
9. Two members of group 7 are Aprilium (period 3) and Jamillium (period 5). Which is more reactive with Barnium (a group 1 element)?

Answer: Aprilium

In contrast to group 1 elements, the reactivity of group 7 elements is defined by their ability to gain an electron. Elements whose valence shells are closer to the positive nucleus will therefore be more reactive. Since Aprilium is in period 3, its valence electrons are closer to the nucleus than in Jamillium, which is in period 5.
10. The periodic table can also be divided into blocks, with the names "s", "p", "d" and "f", according the type of orbital in which their valence electrons are found. Noctulium is a transition metal, Qoolium is in group 2 and Exitium is in group 5 (also called group 15). Which of these is a "p-block" element?

Answer: Exitium

Excluding the transition block, there are eight groups (or columns) along which there is a clear progression in the way that electron sub-shells are filled. In a new electron shell, the first electron fills an s orbital, and so does the second one. The s sub-shell holds a maximum of two electrons.

The next six electrons fill orbitals in the p sub-shell, which holds a maximum of six electrons. Therfore, groups 1 and 2 are defined as s-block elements and groups 3-8 are p-block elements. The valence electrons in transition elements fill d orbitals and so this is called the d block. Elements known as lanthanoids and actinoids have their valence electrons in a fourth type of electron sub-shell (the f sub-shell) and these are called the f-block elements.
Source: Author doublemm

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