Guided Reading Worksheet Chapter 6 The Periodic Table & Periodic Law

NAME: _______________________
Section 6.1 Development of the Modern Periodic Table

1. Why is it called the periodic table?

2. What was the law that John Newlands used to organize the elements?

3. What do the chemists Meyer and Dmitri Mendeleev have in common? Why do we know more
about Mendeleev?

4. How did Moseley improve the organization of elements?

5. What are the differences between groups and periods of elements on the periodic table?

6. Describe the general characteristics of metals, non-metals, and metalloids.

7. Identify the following elements as a representative element or a transition element.

a. Lithium (Li) c. Promethium (Pm)

b. Platinum (Pt) d. Carbon (C)

Guided Reading Worksheet Chapter 6 The Periodic Table & Periodic Law

NAME: ____________________________
Section 6.2 Classification of the Elements
1. Using the electron configurations for the group 1 elements on pg 159 what do they have in
common?

2. Why do elements in the same group have similar properties?

3. What is the relationship between valence electrons and group number?

a. What are the two major exceptions to this rule?

4. Use the blank periodic table below to identify where the s-, p-, d-, and f- Block elements are
located.
Guided Reading Worksheet Chapter 6 The Periodic Table & Periodic Law

Section 6.3-Periodic Trends

1. What is atomic sized defined by? Why?

a. What happens to the size of an atom when you go from left to right across a period?

b. What happens to the size of an atom when you move down a group?

2. What is an ion?

a. What happens to the size of an atom when it loses electrons?

b. What happens to the size of an atom when it gains electrons?

3. What is ionization energy?

a. What group of elements has the highest first ionization energies?

b. What happens to the value of the first ionization energies of elements as you move left-to-
right across a period?

c. What happens to the value of the first ionization energies of the elements as you move
down a group?

4. What is the octet rule?

5. What is electronegativity?

a. What is the trend as you move down a group?

b. What is the trend as you move left-to-right across a period?