Student Name: ____________________________________________________________

CHEMISTRY 2017
Unit 1
Key Topic Test 1 – Periodic Table and Atomic Structure

Recommended writing time*: 45 minutes

Total number of marks available: 50 marks

QUESTION BOOK

* The recommended writing time is a guide to the time students should take to complete this
test. Teachers may wish to alter this time and can do so at their own discretion.
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Conditions and restrictions

 Students are permitted to bring into the room for this test: pens, pencils, highlighters,
erasers, sharpeners, rulers and a scientific calculator.
 Students are NOT permitted to bring into the room for this test: blank sheets of paper
and/or white out liquid/tape

Materials supplied
 Question and answer book of 11 pages.
 Data sheet or booklet.

Instructions
 Print your name in the space provided on the top of the front page.
 All written responses must be in English.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised
electronic communication devices into the room for this test.
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SECTION A – Multiple-choice questions

Instructions for Section A

Answer all questions.
Choose the response that is correct for the question.
A correct answer scores 1, an incorrect answer scores 0.
Marks are not deducted for incorrect answers.
If more than 1 answer is completed for any question, no mark will be given.

Question 1
A nanoparticle is defined as having a range of size of:
A. 1-10nm
B. 1-100nm
C. 10-100nm
D. 10-1000nm
E. 100-1000nm

Question 2
A neutral atom of an element on the periodic table has an atomic number of 15 and a mass
number of 31. The number of protons, neutrons and electrons it has is:
A. 15 protons, 16 neutrons, 15 electrons
B. 16 protons, 15 neutrons, 16 electrons
C. 15 protons, 15 neutrons, 16 electrons
D. 15 protons, 15 neutrons, 15 electrons
E. 16 protons, 16 neutrons, 16 electrons

Question 3
The most reactive metallic elements on the Periodic Table are the:
A. Alkali metals
B. Transition Metals
C. Alkaline Earth Metals
D. Lanthanides
E. Actinides

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Question 4
As you move down a group on the Periodic Table:
A. Metallic character increases, electronegativity increases, atomic size increases
B. Metallic character increases, electronegativity increases, atomic size decreases
C. Metallic character increases, electronegativity decreases, atomic size decreases
D. Metallic character increases, electronegativity decreases, atomic size increases
E. Metallic character decreases, electronegativity increases, atomic size decreases

Question 5
The elements on the Periodic Table are arranged according to their:
A. s,p,d,f configuration
B. Mass number
C. KLM configuration
D. Number of neutrons
E. Relative Atomic Mass

Question 6
An element located in Period 2, Group 17 would be:
A. Chemically inert
B. Very reactive
C. A solid
D. A metal
E. A metalloid

Question 7
The electron configuration of a ground state copper atom is:
A. 1s22s22p63s23p63d10
B. 1s22s22p63s23p63d84s2
C. 1s22s22p63s23p63d94s2
D. 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s1
E. 1s22s22p63s23p63d94s14p1

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Question 8
The best evidence for the current model of the atom comes from:
A. The gold foil experiment
B. Gas discharge tubes
C. First Ionization energy
D. Emission spectrum of hydrogen only
E. Emission spectra

Question 9
An isotope has:
A. The same number of neutrons and protons
B. The same of number of electrons and neutrons
C. The same number of protons but a different number of neutrons
D. The same number of protons but a different number of electrons
E. The same number of neutrons but a different number of protons

Question 10
Elements within the same Group of the Periodic Table all have:
A. The same number of electron shells
B. The same number of electrons
C. The same number of protons
D. The same mass number
E. The same number of valence electrons

Question 11
In which group and period is the element with the following electron configuration?
1s22s22p63s23p4

A. Group 4, Period 3
B. Group 16, Period 3
C. Group14, Period 3
D. Group 6, Period 2
E. Group 6, Period 3

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Question 12
A cation is a particle that has:
A. Lost protons
B. Lost electrons
C. Gained electrons
D. Lost neutrons
E. Gained neutrons

Question 13
Successive ionization energies always:
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain constant
D. Decrease with metals and increase with non-metals
E. Increase with metals and decrease with non-metals

Question 14
Which of the following statements regarding trends in behaviour in the Periodic Table is correct?
A. Electronegativity increases down a Group.
B. Metallic character increases down a Group.
C. Atomic radius increases from left to right across a Period.
D. First ionisation energy decreases from left to right across a Period.
E. Core charge increases down a group

Question 15
The electron configuration for the phosphide ion is the same as:
A. helium
B. Neon
C. Argon
D. Krypton
E. Xenon

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SECTION B - Short-answer questions

Instructions for Section B

Questions must be answered in the spaces provided in this book.
To obtain full marks for your responses you should
 Give simplified answers with an appropriate number of significant figures to all
numerical questions; unsimplified answers will not be given full marks.
 Show all workings in your answers to numerical questions. No credit will be given for an
incorrect answer unless it is accompanied by details of the working.
Make sure chemical equations are balanced and that the formulas for individual substances
include an indication of state; for example, H2(g); NaCl(s)

Question 1

The diagram below is an outline of the Periodic Table.

Using the symbols A, B, C, D, E to place the elements identified in the statements below in their
correct locations on the Periodic Table above.
 Element A has the highest electronegativity of any Period 2 element.
 Element B has the second highest ionization energy of any Group 14 element.
 Element C has smallest radius of any Group 1 element.
 Element D has the electronic configuration 1s2
 Element E forms a B3+ ion which has the electronic configuration of 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2
3p63d5.

Total 5 marks

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Question 2
Give the s, p, d, f electron configurations, including sub shells, for each of the following:

a. Na _________________________________________________________________

b. K ________________________________________________________________

c. Cl__________________________________________________________________

d. Cr _________________________________________________________________

e. O2-_________________________________________________________________

Total 5 marks

Question 3
a. The spectrum below was produced when an ionic compound was sprinkled into a flame.

blue Red

i. What type of spectrum is this called?

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1 mark

ii. What evidence about the structure of the atom do these lines provide?
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1 mark
iii. Explain why only lines of a particular colour are produced in the spectrum?
________________________________________________________________________

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2 marks

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iv. Which electron transition was greater, the one producing the red or blue colour? Explain
your choice.
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2 marks

b. Use the spectra of the elements shown below to deduce which metallic element was present in
the ionic compound? Explain fully.

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Blue Green Yellow Red

2 marks
c. Name two limitations of the Bohr model of the atom.

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2 marks
Total 10 marks

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Question 4
The list below shows the electronic configurations of species A-F. (These are not their usual
symbols). Use the letters A-F to answer the following questions.

A. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5 4s1.

B. 1s2 2s2 2p5.
C. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1.
D. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2.
E. 1s2 2s2 2p2.
F. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d64s2.
Which species represents:
a. a Period 2, Group 17 element? ______________________
b. an alkali metal? ______________________
c. an element in an excited state? ______________________
d. a transition metal? ______________________
e. an atom with four occupied subshells? ______________________
Total 5 marks
Question 5
a. The modern version of the periodic table is similar but not identical to the periodic table
devised by Mendeleev.

i. What was the main criteria that Mendeleev used to arrange the known elements at the
time?
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ii. Why did Mendeleev leave blanks in his table?

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iii. What is the modern periodic table primarily based on?

________________________________________________________________________

iv. Why was the table not organised in s, p, d, f blocks as it is today?

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1+ 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 marks

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b. There are several trends in properties of the elements in the Periodic Table. Describe how
these trends change and give an explanation in each case
i. Atomic size across a period from left to right

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ii. Metallic character down a group

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iii. Ionisation energy across a period from left to right

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2 + 2 + 2 = 6 marks
Total 10 marks

END OF KEY TOPIC TEST

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