Question #1 Which part of the periodic table has elements with the least reactivity? Answer: Nobel gases
Question #2 What is the difference between Cu(NO 3 ) 2 (s) and Cu(NO 3 ) 2 (aq)? Answer: Solid vs. dissolved in water
Question #3 As you go up a column (bottom to top) in the periodic table, what happens to the size of the elements? Answer: They decrease in size
Question #4 How many different elements are there in the chemical formula for copper sulfate, CuSO 4 (s)? Answer: 3 – Cu, S, and O
Question #5 How many total atoms are there in the chemical formula for copper sulfate, CuSO 4 (s)? Answer: 6 – Cu, S, and 4 O
Question #6 Lithium chloride, LiCl (aq), is added to copper nitrate, CuNO 3 (aq), resulting in a clear liquid, LiNO 3 (aq), and a blue solid. What is the chemical formula of the blue solid? Answer: CuCl 2 (s)
Question #7 How would you write the chemical formula for steam? Answer: H 2 O (g)
Question #8 Which element is in Period 2, Group 5A? Answer: Nitrogen
Question #9 Which element is in Period 5, Group 3A? Answer: Indium
Question #11 To which special group does the element bromine, Br, belong? Answer: Halogens
Question #12 Is silicon (Si) a metal, nonmetal, metalloid or transition metal? Answer: metalloid
Question #13 To which special period does the element neodymium, Nd, belong? Answer: Lanthanides
Question #14 Is boron (B) a metal, nonmetal, metalloid or transition metal? Answer: metalloid
Question #15 Potassium iodide, KI (aq), is added to lead nitrate, Pb(NO 3 ) 2 (aq), resulting in a clear liquid, KNO 3 (aq), and yellow solid. What is the chemical formula of the yellow solid? Answer: PbI 2 (s)
Question #16 Which part of the periodic table has elements with the greatest reactivity? Answer: Bottom left and top right (except noble gases)
Question #17 The majority of the elements on the periodic table are in what phase of matter at room temperature? (solid, liquid, gas) Answer: Solid
Question #18 Name one other element that would have similar properties to the element phosphorus, P. Answer: N, As, Sb, Bi,
Question #19 Name one other element that has properties similar to iodine, I. Answer: He, Ne, Cl, Br, At
Question #20 Is NaOH (aq) an example of an element or a compound? Why? Answer: Compound; it is composed of multiple elements (Na, O, and H)