Starter Questions

State the page of your data book which shows:

1) The melting and boiling points of elements

2) The melting and boiling points of compounds

3) The densities of elements

4) The date of discovery of elements

Page 3

Page 6

Page 2

Page 8

State the number of the group the following elements belong to

1) Chlorine

1) Aluminium

2) Carbon

Group 7

Group 3

Group 4

State the melting point of:

1) Lead

2) Magnesium

3) Bromine

328

649

-7

State the boiling point of:

1) Sulphur dioxide

2) Pentane

3) Barium chloride

-10

36

1560

State the density of:

1) Gold

2) Oxygen

3) Aluminium

19.3

0.0014

2.70

State the flame colour of:

1) Sodium

2) Potassium

3) Calcium

Yellow

Lilac

Orange-Red

State the boiling point of:

1) Lithium

2) Chlorine

3) Neon

1347

-35

-247

Name the element that has the atomic number:

1) 10

2) 53

3) 86

Neon

Iodine

Radon

State the melting point of:

1) Potassium iodide

2) Cyclohexane

3) Ammonia

686

7

-78

State the date of discovery of:

1) Aluminium

2) Argon

3) Uranium

1827

1894

1789

Write down the electron arrangements of the following:

1) Carbon

2) Argon

3) Potassium

2, 4

2, 8, 8

2, 8, 8, 1

State the solubility of the following (either very soluble,

soluble or insoluble)

1) Calcium carbonate

2) Magnesium chloride

3) Silver sulphate

Insoluble

Very soluble

Soluble

State the relative atomic mass of:

1) Calcium

2) Sulphur

3) Copper

40

32

63.5

State the boiling point of:

1) Ethanol

2) Water

79

100

State the solubility of:

1) Potassium nitrate

2) Silver chloride

Very soluble

Insoluble

Write down the atomic number of the following:

1) Nickel

2) Tin

3) Calcium

28

50

20

Write down the densities of the following:

1) Silicon

2) Caesium

3) Indium

2.33

1.93

7.31

Put the following elements in order of increasing Atomic

number (smallest – biggest)

1) Xenon, Magnesium, Selenium, Rhenium, Antimony.

Magnesium, Selenium, Antimony, Xenon, Rhenium