Periodic Table and Trends Quiz

LeBron, Kobe, and Michael are discussing basketball strategy. They are talking about the smallest unit of a team that still retains the properties of that team. What do they conclude it to be?

• player

• team

• coach

• fan

During a basketball game, Aria, Abigail, and Priya are discussing the structure of a basketball. They compare it to an atom and are particularly interested in the part that would be located in the nucleus if it were an atom. Which subatomic particle are they referring to?

• proton

• photon

• neutron

• electron

Imagine Luna, Oliver, and Anika are basketball players. They are discussing how the size of a basketball player's skill set changes as they move from a beginner to an advanced player, similar to the trend for atomic size as they move from left to right across a period in the periodic table. What conclusion do they reach?

• It decreases

• It fluctuates

• It increases

• It stays the same

LeBron, Kobe, and Jordan are discussing about basketball strategies. They are specifically interested in the concept of 'zone defense'. Can you help them identify in which group of basketball strategies does the 'zone defense' belong?

• Group 1: Offensive Strategies

• Group 5: Shooting Techniques

• Group 3: Defensive Strategies

• Group 7: Dribbling Skills

Arjun, Avery, and Luna are playing a game of basketball together. They are discussing the trend for shooting accuracy as you move down in height among the players. Arjun thinks it decreases, Avery thinks it increases, Luna thinks it fluctuates, and you think it remains constant. Who is correct?

• Arjun

• Avery

• Luna

• You

During a basketball game, Mia, Scarlett, and Charlotte were discussing about different groups of elements. Scarlett mentioned a group known as the noble gases. Can you help Charlotte identify which group Scarlett was referring to, while they continue to enjoy the game?

• Group 7

• Group 18

• Group 12

• Group 15

Benjamin, Anika, and Lily are playing a game of basketball together. They are discussing the trend for shooting accuracy as you move from the start to the end of a game. What conclusion do they reach?

• Shooting accuracy remains constant

• Shooting accuracy becomes unpredictable

• Shooting accuracy decreases

• Shooting accuracy increases

During a basketball game, the players are discussing science. They wonder, 'Which type of elements do you think tend to lose electrons and form positive ions, just like when a player dribbles the ball and it sticks to his hand?'

• Metals

• Metalloids

• Noble gases

• Non-metals

LeBron, Kobe, and Michael are playing basketball and they notice a pattern as they move from the right side of the court to the left. They relate this to their chemistry class where they learned about the periodic table. What is this trend in terms of the metallic character?

• It decreases

• It remains constant

• It becomes radioactive

• It increases

During a basketball game, Kai, Arjun, and Oliver were given different types of basketballs. They observed that one type of basketball had high reactivity and had a tendency to bounce back with a -1 reaction time. Which type of basketball were they likely handling?

• Leather basketballs

• Rubber basketballs

• Composite leather basketballs

• Synthetic leather basketballs