The History and Arrangement of the Periodic Table

Question 1

Which element is placed in the same period as ruthenium but has a higher atomic number than it?

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silver

Question 2

Which is classified as an inner transition element?

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fermium

Question 3

Which element is a halogen?

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bromine

Question 4

Which property would cesium most likely have?

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It is ductile.

Question 5

How did the work of Dmitri Mendeleev differ from that of John Newlands in the development of the periodic table?

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Mendeleev predicted elements that would later be discovered.

Question 6

Members of which group easily lose an electron to form a +1 cation?

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alkali metals

Question 7

Who wrote the first modern chemical textbook?

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Antoine Lavoisier

Question 8

Moseley made revisions to the periodic table that resolved some of the problems with Mendeleev’s version. Which of these was a result of his revisions to the periodic table?

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The revised periodic table could account for variations resulting from isotopes.

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