Periodic Table Practice
Name______________________________ Period_________
Directions: Answer the questions with the proper information using your notes, book, and the
periodic table.
1. Define a family. _It is the vertical columns on a periodic
table______________________________________________________
2. What is a period? _A period is the horizontal row on the periodic
table_______________________________________________________
3. What is the symbol for the following elements?
a. Magnesium __Mg__________ b. Potassium ___K___________
c. Iron __Fe_____________ d. Copper _Cu___________
4. What are the names of the following elements.
a. C _Carbon_________________ b. Cl __Chlorine_______________
c. Au __Gold_______________ d. Sr _Strontium________________
5. What period are the following elements in?
a. He ____1___________ b. Ge _4________________
c. Rb __5_____________ d. I __5________________
6. What group are the following elements?
a. Sulfur __16_____________ b. Ca ___2______________
c. Iodine __17_____________ d. Fe ___8______________
7. Give me an atom with the following characteristics.
a. Halogen _F________________ b. metalloid __As______________
c. Alkali metal _Cs_____________ d. Boron _Metalloid_______________
e. Lanthanide series _Eu_________ f. Alkaline Earth metal _Ra_______________
g. Transition metal __Re_________ h. Nobel gas _Krypton_______________
Periodic Table Practice
Name______________________________ Period_________
Directions: Use your Periodic table to complete the worksheet.
1. What is the atomic symbol for silver?
Ag
2. What is the atomic mass of mercury?
200.59
3. Ni is the symbol for what element?
Nickel
4. The element that has the atomic number 17 is?
Chlorine
5. List the symbols for two transition metals.
Tc and Hf
6. Cu, Ag, and Au are all in what group #
11
7. Name two noble gases
Xenon and Argon
8. Give the symbol for two halogens.
Ts and Br
9. What is the symbol for element with atomic number 74?
W
10. What is the atomic mass of copper?
63.546
11. What is the last element in period 4?
Krypton
For questions 12 - 15, label the following Key box as it should appear on your periodic table
12. _6___________________
6
13. _C___________________
14. _Carbon___________________
C
15. 12.01____________________
Carbon
12.01
Periodic Table Practice
Name______________________________ Period_________
Periodic Table Practice
Name______________________________ Period_________
6.4 c Periodic Table of Elements
Directions: Use the periodic table to fill in the below chart.
(show work)
Atomic # of # of Atomic Rounded # of
Element Symbol Number protons electrons Mass Atomic Mass Neutrons Period
1 Oxygen O 8 8 8 15.999 16 16 - 8 = 8 2
2 Helium He
3 Carbon C
4 Aluminum Al
5 Calcium
6 Sodium
7 Potassium
8 Nitrogen
9 Silicon
10 Iron
11 Hydrogen
Periodic Table Practice
Name______________________________ Period_________
Directions: Use a Periodic table to find the information asked for below:
1. What is the atomic number of: 2. What is the Atomic mass of:
Calcium____ Calcium___
Iron _____ Iron_____
Gold_____ Uranium_____
Uranium_____ Copper_____
3. How many protons do the following have?
Calcium____
Gold_______
Copper______
Iron______
4. How many electrons do the following have?
Gold____
Iron_____
Copper_____
Uranium_____
5. Does mercury have more protons and electrons than tin?
6. Is mercury a heavier element than tin?
7. Does potassium have more electrons than neon?
8. Does hydrogen have more electrons than Uranium?
9. Which has more protons, sulfur or iodine?
10. Write the symbols or the names for each of these elements:
Chlorine __________________ Zn _______________________
Copper ___________________ Helium _____________
Potassium _________________ Iron ________________
Silver ____________________ P _______________________
Na _____________________ Ne _______________________
Sn _____________________ Mercury ______________
Periodic Table Practice
Name______________________________ Period_________
Isotope Practice
1. Here are three isotopes of an element: 12
6
C C
13
6
C
14
6
a. The element is: __________________
b. The number 6 refers to the _________________________
c. The numbers 12, 13, and 14 refer to the ________________________
d. How many protons and neutrons are in the first isotope? _________________
e. How many protons and neutrons are in the second isotope? _________________
f. How many protons and neutrons are in the third isotope? _________________
2. Complete the following chart:
# of # of
Isotope name atomic # mass # protons neutrons # of electrons
Potassium-37
Oxygen-17
uranium-235
uranium-238
boron-10
boron-11
Isotopes
For the isotopes listed below, give the number of protons, neutrons and electrons.
13 11 235
1. Mg 2. Ne 3. U
16 14 12
4. C 5. C 6. C
