It's Elementary: The Periodic Table Quiz

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It's Elementary: The Periodic Table Quiz
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About This Quiz

It's the ultimate cheat sheet for science class - and it's right there hanging on the wall. It's the periodic table of elements, an important turning point in the history of the chemistry, which turns 150 in 2019. What do you really know about the indispensable periodic table of elements?
Several people attempted to create a periodic table of chemical elements over the centuries but whose version got the most recognition?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Antoine Lavoisier
Julius Lothar Meyer
With the publication of his first periodic table, what did Dmitiri Medeleev correctly predict?
the strength of commercially produced vodka
the development of atomic weapons
the impending discovery of more elements
When Mendeleev published his famous periodic table, how many elements were on it?
18
48
63

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How many elements are there in the modern version of the periodic table of elements?
94
118
132
What are the rows and columns on the periodic table of elements called?
groups and clusters
orbitals and periods
periods and groups
Which of these gases is NOT part of Group Zero (the far right column)?
fluorine
neon
helium

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What do the numbers on the table mean?
he number of protons in each element's atom
the weight of the element
the half-life of the element
Which of the following elements was the first to be produced artificially?
potassium
technetium
vanadium
What's the first element on the table?
carbon
helium
hydrogen

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What is the rarest naturally occurring chemical element on the planet (and on the table)?
dubnium
astatine
chromium