Families of The Periodic Table Webquest Answers

Families of the Periodic Table Webquest
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1. Why are the elements placed in specific places on the Periodic Table?
Based on how they look or act.
2. Periods are ___rows_____ that run from __left_____ to ___right____.

3. Elements in the same period have the same __number of orbitals______________________.
4. Every element in the first period has ___1_____ shell for its _electrons______. Every element
in the second period has _____2_____ for its __electrons_________. See the pattern?
5. Groups are ___colums____________ that run from _top_____ to __bottom_______.
6. The elements of a group have the same number of _valence electrons___________ in their
_outer__________shell.
7. Every element in group one has ___1______ electron in its outer shell. Every element in group
two has ___2________ electrons in its outer shell.
8. Hydrogen is special because it can act like two groups, ___1_______ and ____7_____.
9. Hydrogen sometimes is _missing_______________ an electron and sometimes it has an
___extra__________ electron.
10.Although helium has only ____2______ electrons in its outer shell, it is grouped with
elements that have _____8___________.
11. The green elements on this table are called ___transition_________ elements. They each
have two electrons in their outer shell.
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12. Click on Alkali Metals (left bar) and answer the following questions.
a. What is the group number? ____1______
b. Are these metals reactive? ___yes_______
c. Do these metals occur freely in nature? ____No______
d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? ___1________
e. What are the three characteristics of ALL metals? ____malleable, ductile, good conductors
_______________
f. Are these metals soft or hard? ______soft__________________
g. Name the two most reactive elements in this group? __cesium___________ and
__francium________
h. What happens when they are exposed to water? _____can explode_______________
13. Click on Alkaline Earth Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. What is the group number? __2________
b. Are these metals reactive? ____yes______
c. Do these metals occur freely in nature? ___no_________
d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? __2_______ (Hint: It’s the same as their
oxidation
number or group number.)
14. Click on Transition Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. How many elements are in this group? __________38__
b. What are the group numbers? ____3______ through ___12____
c. What are valence electrons? _____electrons used to combine with other elements
___________
d. Because the valence electrons are present in more than one ____shell_________ transition
metals often exhibit several common ___oxidation states_______________.
e. Name the three elements in this family that produce a magnetic field. _iron________,
__cobalt________, and ___nickel_______.
15. Click on Other Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. How many elements are in this group? ____7__________
b. What are the group numbers? __13_______ through ____15______
c. How are these other metals similar to the transition metals? ___ductile and malleable
___________
d. How are these metals different than the transition metals? __don’t have variable oxidation
states
e. List three physical properties of these other metals. __solid, high density, opaque
_______________________
f. What are the oxidation numbers for this group? _____+3, ±4, and -3_________________
16. Click on Metalloids to answer these questions.
a. On your periodic table, draw the black stair-step line that distinguishes metals from nonmetals.
b. Metalloids have properties of both _metals_______ and __nonmetlas___________.
c. Define semiconductor __can carry a charge under special conditions_______________.
d. Name two metalloids that are semi-conductors. __silicon__________and
__germanium________.
e. This property makes metalloids useful in _computers___________and
__calculators____________.
17. Click in Nonmetals to answer these questions.
a. What are the group numbers? _14__________ through _____16_______
b. List four characteristics of ALL nonmetals. ____brittle, not ductile, not malleable, no metallic
luster__________________________
c. What two states of matter do nonmetals exist in at room temperature?
____gases and solids_____________________
d. The nonmetals have no ____metallic luster___________and do not ____reflect
light________________.
e. What are the oxidation numbers of the nonmetals? ____±4, -3, and -
2___________________
18. Click on the Halogens (left bar) to answer these questions.
a. What is the halogen group number? __17_________________
b. Are halogens metals or nonmetals? ___nonmetals___________________
c. The term “halogen” means ___salt former_________________ and compounds containing
halogens are
called _________salts___________.
d. How many electrons are in their outer shell? ______7____________
e. What is their oxidation number? _____-1_________________
f. What states of matter do halogens exist in at room temperature?
_____all 3_____________________________
19. Click on Noble Gases (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. What is the group number? _____18____________
b. Why were these gases considered to be inert or stable? ______have a full outer shell
__________________
c. What is their oxidation number? ____0_______________
20. Click on Rare Earth Elements ( Inner Transition) (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. On you periodic table, label the Lanthanide and Actinide series with your pencil.
b. How many Rare Earth elements are there? ____30_______________________
c. Define trans-uranium. _______synthetic- man made____________________________
d. The Rare Earth metals are found in group ___3____________and periods
__6____________and__7________.

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