THE PERIODIC TABLE WEBQUEST!!

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Scientist Contribution to the development of the periodic table
Greek thinkers about 400 BCused the words ‘element’, and ‘atom’ to describe the differences and
smallest parts of matter.
Lavoisier:first extensive list of elementsHe distinguished between metals and non-metals, dividing the
few elements known in the 1700's into four classes
John Daltonmade atoms even more convincing, suggesting that the mass of an atom was it's most
important property.
Doberiner He noted that similar elements often had relative atomic masses, grouping elements in
‘triads’.
DechancourtoisThe periodic law, however, appears to have been independently formulated by at least
six people within one decade - De Chancourtois
Cannizaro
Stanislao Cannizaro determined atomic weights for the elements known in the 1860s,
NewlandsThe eighth element, starting from a given one, is a kind of repetition of the first", which
Newlands called the Law of Octavesnd arranged the table.
MeyerBoth Meyer and Mendeleev constructed periodic tables independently that are credited as being
the basis of the modern table. Meyer was more impressed by the periodicity of physical properties, while
Mendeleev was more interested in the chemical properties.
MendeleyevMendeleev constructed periodic tables independently that are credited as being the basis
of the modern table. Mendeleev also published his periodic table & law in 1869, but he also forecast the
properties of missing elements, and chemists began to appreciate it when
MoseleyLater, the table was reordered by Mosely according to atomic numbers (nuclear charge) rather
than by weight, thereby modifying the Periodic Law.
SeaborgInto the 1930s the heaviest elements were being put up in the body of the periodic table, and
Glenn Seaborg "plucked those out" while working with Fermi in Chicago, naming them the Actinide series,
which later permitted proper placement of subsequently 'created' elements - the Transactinides, changing
the periodic table yet again. These elements were shown separate from the main body of the table.
GETTING THE LAY OF THE LAND: PERIODICALLY
ORGANIZED
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1. Why are the elements placed in specific places on the Periodic Table? The elements
are placed in specific locations because of the way they look and act
2. Periods are ___elements_____ that run from ___left____ to _right______.
3. Elements in the same period have something in
common.______________________.
4. Every element in the first period has __1______ shell for its
_outershell______. Every element in
the second period has ______2____ for its _____outershell______. See the
pattern?
5. Groups are ___elememts____ that run from __top____ to __bottom_______.
6. The elements of a group have the same number of _____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 _____nonmetals_______
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? _____1A_____
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, and are good
conductors of heat and electricity
f. Are these metals soft or hard? ___softer _____________________
g. Name the two most reactive elements in this group?_Cesium_________ and
_francium_________
h. What happens when they are exposed to water? ____explode________________
13. Click on Alkaline Earth Metals (left bar) and answer these questions.
a. What is the group number? second__________
b. Are these metals reactive? ____yes very______
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? __they use to combine with other elements
d. Because the valence electrons are present in more than one _shell____________
transition metalsoften 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? _ do not exhibit variable
oxidation states
_______________________________________________________________
e. List three physical properties of these other metals. are solid, have a relatively high
density, and are 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. This line is drawn from between Boron and Aluminum to the border between
Polonium and Astatine
b. Metalloids have properties of both _metals_______ and _____non-metals________.
c. Define semiconductor ____ metalloids, such as silicon and germanium
_______________________________.
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. not able to conduct electricity or heat very well.
As opposed to metals, non-metallic elements are very brittle, and cannot be rolled into wires or
pounded into sheets.
c. What two states of matter do nonmetals exist in at room temperature?
____ gases (such as oxygen) and solids (such as carbon).
d. The nonmetals have no 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?
__________solid,liquid, and gas________________________
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? _______All noble gases have
the maximum number of electrons possible in their outer shell (2 for Helium, 8 for all others),
making them stable.
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. element of the lanthanide series and most of the elements in the
actinide series are called trans-uranium, which means synthetic or man-made.
d. The Rare Earth metals are found in group _3 of the periodic table, and the 6th and 7th
periods.