Periodic Table Groups

Question 1

Group 1

Answer 1

Get more reactive as you go down the group
Reacts with water
They are metals and have one electron in their outer shell

Question 2

Group 2

Answer 2

Gets more reactive (vigorous) as you go down the group

Question 3

Group 7

Answer 3

Get less reactive as you go down the group

Question 4

Nobel gases /group 0

Answer 4

Very unreactive

Question 5

What is a chemical reaction

Answer 5

When different elements combine to form new substances

Question 6

What is the periodic table

Answer 6

A list of all the known elements

Question 7

What are some group 1 metal elements

Answer 7

Lithium, sodium, potassium

Question 8

What are the group 1 metals called

Answer 8

Alkali metals

Question 9

What are the group 2 metals called

Answer 9

The alkaline Earth metals

Question 10

What are some elements in group 2

Answer 10

Strontium, calcium, magnesium

Question 11

What are group 7 metals called

Answer 11

The halogens

Question 12

What are some elements in group 7

Answer 12

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine

Question 13

What are diatomic molecules

Answer 13

Molecules containing two atoms of the same element

Question 14

What are the 7 diatomic elements

Answer 14

Hydrogen, nitrogen, fluorine, oxygen, iodine, chlorine, bromine

Question 15

What is the sentence used to remember the 7 diatomic elements

Answer 15

Have no fear of ice cold beer

Question 16

What happens when lithium reacts with water

Answer 16

Effervescence, bit of smoke, noisy bubbles

Question 17

What happens when sodium reacts with water

Answer 17

Melts into a ball, becomes hot, effervescence, smoke

Question 18

What happens when potassium reacts with water

Answer 18

Lilac flames, crackle, lots of smoke

Question 19

Products when lithium reacts with water

Answer 19

Lithium hydroxide

Question 20

Products when sodium reacts with water

Answer 20

Sodium hydroxide

Question 21

Products when potassium reacts with water

Answer 21

Potassium hydroxide

Question 22

What happens when universal indicator is added to lithium

Answer 22

Turns blue, purple then black

Question 23

What happens when universal indicator is added to sodium

Answer 23

Green, blue, purple trail

Question 24

What happens when universal indicator is added to potassium

Answer 24

Blue

Question 25

How to test for presence of hydrogen with a lit splint

Answer 25

Add either lithium, sodium or potassium to water then test it with a lit splint. If there is hydrogen it will make a squeaky pop

Question 26

What happens when calcium is added to water

Answer 26

Some effervescence

Question 27

What happens when magnesium is added to water

Answer 27

No reaction

Question 28

What happens when strontium is added to water

Answer 28

No reaction

Question 29

Colour and state of fluorine

Answer 29

Pale yellow gas

Question 30

Colour and state of chlorine

Answer 30

Pale green gas

Question 31

Colour and state of bromine

Answer 31

Reddish brown liquid

Question 32

Colour and state of iodine

Answer 32

Grey solid

Question 33

What happens when iron wool reacts with chlorine

Answer 33

Disappears and a brown iron chloride forms

Question 34

What happens when iron wool reacts with bromine

Answer 34

Takes longer and needs more heat until it starts to glow

Question 35

What happens when iron wool reacts with iodine

Answer 35

Quite dull, purple vapour, slow

Question 36

Phrase to remember group 7

Answer 36

Funky bride