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While developing his periodic table, Dmitri Mendeleev broke his own rule and placed the element tellurium before iodine in the group. He did this even though tellurium's atomic mass was known to be greater than iodine's. In his notes, Mendeleev stated that he expected tellurium to have a lower atomic mass than iodine. However, all measurements continue to show that tellurium has a greater atomic mass than iodine even though tellurium acts like it has a lower atomic mass.

A
Mendeleev observed that tellurium has chemical properties like other elements in its group, and he did not know that neutrons cause the greater atomic mass.
B
Iodine isotopes usually have more neutrons than tellurium isotopes, but only the protons affect the properties that Mendeleev could have observed.
C
Mendeleev observed that tellurium and iodine both had very similar chemical properties, but he did not know that iodine atoms have more electrons.
D
Iodine atoms always have more protons than tellurium atoms, but Mendeleev only weighed elements without observing any other properties.
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Elements in group 2 are all called alkaline earth metals. What is most similar about the alkaline earth metals?

A
how many protons and neutrons they have
B
which chemical properties they have
C
how many total electrons they have
D
which period they are most often found in
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The element phosphorus is located to the right of the element magnesium along the same period in the periodic table.Which best describes the relationship of the elements?

A
Magnesium has a larger atomic number.
B
Phosphorus has a larger atomic mass.
C
Magnesium is in the same category as phosphorus.
D
Phosphorus has similar chemical properties as magnesium.
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Dmitri Mendeleev and Henry Moseley developed their periodic tables about forty years apart. During that time, many discoveries in chemistry were made.

A
Atomic mass is the average mass of different samples of the same element.
B
Different elements can have similar chemical properties even if their atomic masses are different.
C
The number of protons in an atom is different than the atom’s total mass.
D
Protons strongly affect an element’s atomic mass, while the electrons in atoms do not.
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Based on the information in the table, which two elements are most likely in the same group, and why?

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A
bismuth and thallium, because their atomic masses are very similar
B
nitrogen and oxygen, because they were both first isolated in the same year
C
sodium and thallium, because their names both end in the same suffix: -ium
D
bismuth and nitrogen, because they have the same number of valence electrons

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