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🧪 Periodic Table – Year 8 Quiz (20 Questions)
1. What does the periodic table show?
A. All known planets
B. All known elements
C. All compounds
D. All metals
B. All known elements
C. All compounds
D. All metals
Correct answer: B – All known elements
2. The atomic number tells us the number of ________ in an atom.
protons
3. Who created the first periodic table in 1869?
Dmitri Mendeleev
4. True or False: Modern periodic table is arranged by atomic mass.
False – it is arranged by atomic number
5. Vertical columns in the periodic table are called:
A. Periods
B. Rows
C. Groups
D. Blocks
B. Rows
C. Groups
D. Blocks
Correct answer: C – Groups
6. Horizontal rows in the periodic table are called ________.
Periods
7. Elements in the same group have:
A. Same atomic mass
B. Same number of shells
C. Similar properties
D. Same colour
B. Same number of shells
C. Similar properties
D. Same colour
Correct answer: C – Similar properties
8. Period number tells us the number of __________.
electron shells
9. True or False: Metals are good conductors of electricity.
True
10. Which of the following is a metal?
A. Oxygen
B. Nitrogen
C. Iron
D. Neon
B. Nitrogen
C. Iron
D. Neon
Correct answer: C – Iron
11. Non-metals are usually:
A. Shiny
B. Good conductors
C. Dull and poor conductors
D. Always solids
B. Good conductors
C. Dull and poor conductors
D. Always solids
Correct answer: C – Dull and poor conductors
12. Elements that have properties of both metals and non-metals are called:
Metalloids
13. Which element is a metalloid?
A. Iron
B. Oxygen
C. Silicon
D. Helium
B. Oxygen
C. Silicon
D. Helium
Correct answer: C – Silicon
14. Group 1 elements are also called:
Alkali metals
15. True or False: Group 1 metals react with water.
True
16. Reactivity of Group 1 metals __________ down the group.
increases
17. Group 7 elements are known as:
Halogens
18. Which of these is a Group 7 element?
A. Sodium
B. Chlorine
C. Helium
D. Iron
B. Chlorine
C. Helium
D. Iron
Correct answer: B – Chlorine
19. Group 0 elements are very __________.
unreactive
20. Why are noble gases unreactive?
They have full outer electron shells



