PERIODIC TABLE WORKSHEET

PROCEDURE: In this activity you will use a periodic table and look for different features.  You should not memorize the periodic table, but develop a way to derive information from the table.  

Use the Periodic Placemat (Painless Learning) and the readings to answer the following questions.  Hint:  Use the legends.

1. How many elements are naturally found on Earth?
   
   Gas _____________     Liquid _____________     Solid _____________
    
    How many elements are synthetic?
    

2.  How many Groups can you find on the Period Table?  
   
   Why is there more than one designation?
    

3. How many Periods can you find on the Periodic Table? 
   What Period does the Lanthanide Series belong to?   
   What Period does the Actinide Series belong to?
    

4. What do the colors represent (boxes)?  List the color and what it represents (Hint:  there are 7).   Which element does not have a color designation on the legend?
   
    

5. List  7 elements whose symbol is not derived from the element name.
   a)
   b)
   c)
   d)
   e)
   f)
   g)
    

6. List 4 Elements named for a person.
   a)
   b)
   c)
   d)
    

7. Name 3 elements named for planets.
    

8. Name the elements named for one city, state, country, and continent.
   
   
    

9. List the elements that do not interact with other elements because they are too “Noble.”
    

10. What one property controls the arrangement of elements?
     

11. How many crystal structures can be found in the elements?  List them.
    
     

12. Which three elements are not named as yet (use symbols)?  (Hint:  Has double “u.”)
     

13. Does the atomic weight increase with the atomic number?
     

14. List 5 elements that do not end in “ium.”
    a)
    b)
    c)
    d)
    e)
     

15. Do you see any pattern with boiling point and melting point with each of the groups by color?
    
     

16. Is there any pattern with density with each of the groups by color?
     

17. Look at the valence-shell configuration as it increases the atomic number.  What 4 letters do you see repeated throughout the table?  Is there any relationship with the formula?
    
     

18. Which is the densest element?  Which is the lightest element?  (according to the Periodic Table – Painless Learning)
     

19. Which element has the highest boiling point and highest melting point? (according to the Periodic Table – Painless Learning)
    
    
     

20. Which element has the lowest boiling point? (according to the Periodic Table – Painless Learning)