The History and Arrangement of the Periodic Table

Question 1

Which scientist established the law of octaves?

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John Newlands

Question 2

Which element is classified as a noble gas?

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Xe

Question 3

Who is credited with creating the first periodic table?

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Dmitri Mendeleev

Question 4

Which element is a halogen?

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bromine

Question 5

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.

Question 6

Which is classified as an inner transition element?

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fermium

Question 7

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 8

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

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alkali metals

Question 9

Who wrote the first modern chemical textbook?

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Antoine Lavoisier

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