Chapter 11 Study Guide
1. Who was Mendeleev and what did he do?
2. How did he arrange them?
3. What does periodic mean?
4. Did Mendeleev’s table stand the test of time?
5. What is Mosley famous for?
6. Be able to interpret a square on the periodic table.
7. What is the difference between a group and a period?
8. Be able to list properties of metals, nonmetals and metalloids.
9. Where are metals, nonmetals and metalloids located on a periodic table?
10. What happens to atom size as you move from left to right in a period?
11. How does ionization energy change as you move from left to right in a period?
12. Be able to list the number of valence electrons for each group, excluding 3-12.
13. List properties of each of the groups in section 2.
14. Which metals are so reactive they don’t appear in elemental form in nature?
15. What two groups are removed from the main body of the periodic table?
16. Why was aluminum considered to be more valuable than gold?
17. How are diamonds, soot and graphite related?
18. What is a tin can?
19. What uses does nitrogen have?
20. What % of air is made up of oxygen? Of nitrogen?
21. When halogens form compounds with metals what are they called?
22. Why are noble gases nonreactive?
23. Why is hydrogen separated from other elements?
24. Why is hydrogen situated above group 1?
25. What are some uses of hydrogen?