Name That Element - Questions
The Name That Element Concept Builder is comprised of 24 questions. The questions are organized into 12 different Question Groups and spread across three difficulty levels. Questions in the same group are rather similar to one another. The Concept Builder is coded to select at random a question from each group until a student is successful with that group of questions.
There are three difficulty levels that can be engaged in through the Concept Builder. Those three levels are differentiated as follows:
- Apprentice Difficulty Level: Question Groups 1-4 ... Know where the four families of elements are located - alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases. And know where the Lanthanides and Actinides are inserted into the periodic table. And interpret a reference to a period ... such as the "third period."
- Master Difficulty Level I: Question Groups 1-8 ... Know everything from the Apprentice Difficulty Level. And additionally, know how to interpret a reference to a Group ... such as "Group 13 element." Know the term main group element or representative element and know where the transition metal block is located. Finally, be able to determine the number of protons and know the general trend for atomic mass.
- Wizard Difficulty Level: Question Groups 1-12 ... Know everything from the Apprentice and the Mater Difficulty Levels. And additionally, know the location of the period 2, 3, 4, and 5 metalloids. Know the two elements that are liquids and know the general trend in Group 17 regarding the solid, liquid, and gas trends. And be able to inspect atomic mass values in a table in order to identify any exception to the general trend in mass values.
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Name That Element
Apprentice Difficulty Level:
Question Group 1
Question 1
I am an alkali metal located in the second period of the periodic table. Who am I?
Argon (Ar)
Beryllium (Be)
Calcium (Ca)
Lithium (Li)
Magnesium (Mg)
Neon (Ne)
Sodium (Na)
Titanium (Ti)
Question 2
I am an alkali metal located in the third period of the periodic table. Who am I?
Argon (Ar)
Calcium (Ca)
Beryllium (Be)
Lithium (Li)
Magnesium (Mg)
Neon (Ne)
Sodium (Na)
Titanium (Ti)
Question Group 2
Question 3
I am the halogen located in the second period of the periodic table. Who am I?
Argon (Ar)
Beryllium (Be)
Chlorine (Cl)
Fluorine (F)
Magnesium (Mg)
Neon (Ne)
Oxygen (O)
Sulfur (S)
Titanium (Ti)
Question 4
I am the halogen located in the fifth period of the periodic table. Who am I?
Astatine (At)
Iodine (I)
Polonium (Po)
Radon (Rn)
Silver (Ag)
Tellurium (Te)
Vanadium (V)
Xenon (Xe)
Question Group 3
Question 5
I am the least massive of all the alkaline earth metals. Who am I?
Aluminum (Al)
Beryllium (Be)
Fluorine (F)
Francium (Fr)
Hydrogen (H)
Lithium (Li)
Radium (Ra)
Scandium (Sc)
Question 6
I am an alkaline earth metal. You will find me in the same period as the Lanthanide elements. Who am I?
Astatine (At)
Barium (Ba)
Cesium (Cs)
Francium (Fr)
Lanthanum (La)
Lutetium (Lu)
Radium (Ra)
Thallium (Tl)
Question Group 4
Question 7
I am a noble gas. You won’t find a member in my family that is lighter than me. Who am I?
Beryllium (Be)
Boron (B)
Fluorine (F)
Helium (He)
Hydrogen (H)
Lithium (Li)
Oxygen (O)
Radon (Rn)
Scandium (Sc)
Question 8
I am a noble gas. I can be found in the same period as the lightest of all transition metals. Who am I?
Argon (Ar)
Bromine (Br)
Gallium (Ga)
Iodine (I)
Krypton (Kr)
Potassium (K)
Scandium (Sc)
Xenon (Xe)
Master Difficulty Level
Question Group 5
Question 9
Of all the Group 13 metals, I am the one with the least mass. Who am I?
Aluminum (Al)
Boron (B)
Chlorine (Cl)
Fluorine (F)
Gallium (Ga)
Oxygen (O)
Thallium (Tl)
Zinc (Zn)
Question 10
I am the only non-metal in Group 14. Who am I?
Carbon (C)
Germanium (Ge)
Lead (Pb)
Nitrogen (N)
Phosphorus
Silicon (Si)
Tin (Sn)
Question Group 6
Question 11
I am the least massive metalloid of period 4. Who am I?
Antimony (Sb)
Arsenic (As)
Gallium (Ga)
Germanium (Ge)
Scandium (Sc)
Selenium (Se)
Tin (Sn)
Yttrium (Y)
Question 12
I am the least massive metalloid of period 5. Who am I?
Antimony (Sb)
Bismuth (Bi)
Germanium (Ge)
Lead (Pb)
Niobium (Nb)
Polonium (Po)
Tin (Sn)
Vanadium (V)
Question Group 7
Question 13
I am the transition metal that has four more protons than the alkali metal found in period 4. Who am I?
Chromium (Cr)
Dubnium (Db)
Manganese (Mn)
Rutherfordium (Rf)
Scandium (Sc)
Thorium (Th)
Titanium (Ti)
Uranium (U)
Vanadium (V)
Question 14
I am the transition metal that has five more protons than the halogen found in period 3. Who am I?
Cerium (Ce)
Chromium (Cr)
Hafnium (Hf)
Scandium (Sc)
Tantalum (Ta)
Titanium (Ti)
Tungsten (W)
Vanadium (V)
Yttrium (Y)
Zirconium (Zr)
Question Group 8
Question 15
I am a main group or representative element. I am located in the third period. I am a metalloid. Who am I?
Aluminum (Al)
Antimony (Sb)
Arsenic (As)
Calcium (Ca)
Germanium (Ge)
Phosphorus (P)
Magnesium (Mg)
Scandium (Sc)
Silicon (Si)
Question 16
I am a main group or representative element. I am located in the second period. I am a metalloid. Who am I?
Beryllium (Be)
Boron (B)
Carbon (C)
Magnesium (Mg)
Nitrogen (N)
Silicon (Si)
Titanium (Ti)
Yttirum (Y)
Zirconium (Zr)
Question Group 9
Question 17
Compared to the other elements in my family, I am the only halogen that is a liquid at room temperature. Who am I?
Astatine (As)
Bromine (Br)
Chlorine (Cl)
Iodine (I)
Krypton (Kr)
Mercury (Hg)
Xenon (Xe)
Question 18
I am a halogen. I am a gas at room temperature. And of those halogens that are gases, I am the heaviest of the two. Who am I?
Astatine (As)
Bromine (Br)
Chlorine (Cl)
Fluorine (F)
Iodine (I)
Nitrogen (N)
Oxygen (O)
Radon (Rn)
Xenon (Xe)
Question Group 10
Question 19
I am a fourth period transition metal. And when you look at my mass (instead of my atomic number), you would expect me to be located one element to the left. Who am I?
Chromium (Cr)
Cobalt (Co)
Copper (Cu)
Iron (Fe)
Manganese (Mn)
Nickel (Ni)
Vanadium (V)
Zinc (Zn)
Question 20
I’m definitely not a halogen. But if all you knew about me was my atomic mass (not my atomic number or properties), then you might expect me to be located one element over in the halogen family. Who am I?
Argon (Ar)
Krypton (Kr)
Polonium (Po)
Radon (Rn)
Selenium (Se)
Sulfur (S)
Tellurium (Te)
Xenon (Xe)
Question Group 11
Question 21
I have five less protons than the least massive metalloid in the fourth period. Who am I?
Chlorine (Cl)
Cobalt (Co)
Copper (Cu)
Gallium (Ga)
Iron (Fe)
Nickel (Ni)
Phosphorus (P)
Sulfur (S)
Question 22
I have five more protons than the heaviest metalloid in the fourth period. Who am I?
Barium (Ba)
Bromine (Br)
Cesium (Cs)
Iodine (I)
Niobium (Nb)
Rubidium (Rb)
Selenium (Se)
Strontium (Sr)
Yttrium (Y)
Zirconium (Zr)
Question Group 12
Question 23
I am a Group 15 element. I am a gas at room temperature. And I am most commonly found as a diatomic molecule. Who am I?
Antimony (Sb)
Arsenic (As)
Astatine (At)
Bismuth (Bi)
Bromine (Br)
Chlorine (Cl)
Nitrogen (N)
Oxygen (O)
Phosphorus (P)
Question 24
I am a Group 16 element. I am a gas at room temperature. And I am most commonly found as a diatomic molecule. Who am I?
Bismuth (Bi)
Bromine (Br)
Chlorine (Cl)
Nitrogen (N)
Oxygen (O)
Polonium (Po)
Selenium (Se)
Sulfur (S)
Tellurium (Te)