Periodic Table Quiz

What are the vertical columns on the periodic table called?

• Divisions

• Friends

• Groups

• Periods

What are the horizontal rows on the periodic table called?

• Periods

• Groups

• Families

• Divisions

Most of the elements in the periodic table are classified as?

• Metalloids

• Nonmetals

• Transition Metals

• Metals

The elements that touch the zigzag line are classified as?

• Metals

• Nonmetals

• Transition Metals

• Metalloids

The elements in the far upper right corner are classified as?

• Nonmetals

• Metals

• Metalloids

• Noble Gases

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Elements in the first group have one outer shell electron and are extremely reactive. They are called?

• Alkali Metals

• Alkaline-earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Halogens

Elements in the second group have 2 outer shell electrons and are also very reactive. They are called?

• Halogens

• Transition Metals

• Alkaline-earth Metals

• Alkali Metals

Elements in groups 3 through 12 have many useful properties and are called?

• Alkaline-earth Metals

• Transition Metals

• Alkali Metals

• Halogens

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Elements in group 17 are known as 'salt formers'. They are called?

• Halogens

• Transition Metals

• Alkaline-earth Metals

• Alkali Metals

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Elements in group 18 are very unreactive. They are said to be 'inert'. We call these the?

• Transition Metals

• Noble Gases

• Alkaline-earth Metals

• Alkali Metals

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