Elements and the Periodic Table

Which of the following is a compound?

• copper
• methane
• lead
• hydrogen

An element is shiny, malleable, and conducts heat. What is it?

• a metal
• a non-metal
• too little information is given
• an alkali gas

Carbon, at room temperature, is dull, brittle, and shatters easily. What is it?

• a metal
• a non-metal
• a noble gas
• none of these is correct

Which of the following is a metal?

• helium
• chlorine
• fluorine
• potassium

These have characteristics of both metals and non-metals.

• Lancthanides
• Mercury and Lead
• Metalloids
• Noble Gases 

This is a pure substance composed of two or more elements.

• compound
• element
• atom
• quark

This family likes bond with the halogens. Really likes those halogens...

• alkali metals
• noble gases
• transition metals
• none of these families are interested in those halogns

An example of an alkaline earth metal is...

• copper
• lithium
• magnesium
• zinc

True or false?  Elements in the same chemical family have similar properties.

• True
• False

A row in the periodic table is called a

• group
• family
• period
• orbit