Name: Monica Paris Date: 4-5-2021 P 3
Introduction: The Disappearing Spoon
1. Name 3 past uses for the element Mercury.
Thermometers, lamps, and medicine
Part I: Making the Table: Column by Column, Row
by Row Chapte
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Name: Monica Paris Date: 4-5-2021 P 3
Introduction: The Disappearing Spoon
1. Name 3 past uses for the element Mercury.
Thermometers, lamps, and medicine
Part I: Making the Table: Column by Column, Row
by Row Chapter 1: Geography of Elements
1. Describe the basic shape of the Periodic Table. How many vertical columns? How many
horizontal rows?
2. How many “bricks” are on the Periodic Table? What are the 4 basic parts of each “brick”?
3. What is the difference between Atomic Mass and Atomic Number?
4. What are the names of elements 35 and 80 on the Periodic Table? What is special about
these 2 elements?
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5. What is the most important part of an atom? Explain.
6. Where are the Noble gases on the Periodic Table? What is the significance of this
group of elements?
7. List 3 characteristics of Alkali Metals.
Chapter 2: The Fathers of the Periodic Table
1. Describe 3 of Robert Bunsen’s contributions to the field of Science.
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2. What were some similarities in Mendeleev and Meyer’s work on the periodic
tables? What set Mendeleev’s work apart from Meyer’s?
3. List the special properties of the element Gallium.
4. What important findings occurred in the town of Ytterby? What is the
significance of these substances?
Chapter 3: All in the Family- the Genealogy of Elements
1. What are elements in the same vertical column called?
2. Which element is most closely linked to forming life on Earth? Name 4 other
elements in the same family as this element.
3. Explain one possible theory for the extinction of dinosaurs.
4. Name 5 everyday uses for Silicon.
5. What was Jack Kilby’s main accomplishment?
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