Periodic Table Intro / Review

To review what you learned in previous years about atoms and the Periodic Table, go to http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/GCH3404/GCH3404.swf and answer the following questions.

1. How are symbols for elements different than simple abbreviations? Contrast atomic symbols with the abbreviations used for state names such as CT, MA, NY.

2. Describe the 3 things shown for each element. What does each represent?

3. Draw a diagram that shows a carbon atom with containing the number of protons, neutrons and electrons that can be found on the Periodic Table.

4. How do you figure out the number of neutrons an element has in its nucleus?

5. How do you know how many electrons there are in a neutrally charged atom?

6. How many protons, neutrons and electrons does Krypton have?

Now go to http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/SCI202/SCI202.swf to answer these questions:

1. Who invented the first periodic table? When?

2. How is the Periodic Table arranged? What does that number mean?

3. What is each row in the Table called?

4. What does each element in a row have in common?

5. What is an electron shell?

6. What are the columns called?

7.  Why are there two rows below the Table (other than those elements were not discovered when the first Table was made)?

8. What two things do elements in each column have in common?

9. Describe the alkali metals

10. Where are the metals located?

11. Where are the non-metals?

12. What information is found in each box?

13. List (and label) the information for Carbon:

14.  List (and label) the information for Calcium:

15. List the symbols and names of elements found in three different groups. Why are they in those groups?

16.  List the symbols and names of elements found in 3 different periods. Why are they in those periods?

Homework: Take the online quiz at: http://www.quia.com/quiz/301139.html and record your questions and correct answers. OR Write your own set of questions on today's material.