GCSE CHEMISTRY - Revision Questions - Periodic Table - Alkali Metals - Transition Metals - Halogens - Noble Gases

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The Periodic Table
1	Why did Dmitri Mendeleev leave gaps in his Periodic Table?	Answer
2	What is a Column called?	Answer
3	What is a Row called?	Answer
4	Where do you find Non-Metals in the Periodic Table?	Answer
5	What is important about the Group Number of an Element?	Answer
6	What is the Electron Structure of Potassium?	Answer

The Alkali Metals
7	What is the Group Number of the Alkali Metals?	Answer
8	Why are the Alkali Metals stored under oil?	Answer
9	Give two Properties of the Alkali Metals?	Answer
10	Going down the Group, do the Alkali Metals become More Reactive?	Answer
11	Write the Word Equation for the reaction when Potassium burns in Air.	Answer
12	What Colour is the Flame from Potassium?	Answer
13	Write the Balanced Equation for the reaction when Potassium burns in Air.	Answer
14	Write the Balanced Equation for the reaction between Sodium and Water.	Answer
15	Write two things you would See in the reaction between Sodium and Water.	Answer
16	Write the Balanced Equation for the reaction between Lithium and Chlorine.	Answer
17	Give one Property of an Alkali Metal Compound?	Answer
18	Give one Use of Sodium Chloride?	Answer
19	Give one Use of Sodium Carbonate?	Answer

The Electrolysis of Sodium Chloride in Water
20	What is Brine?	Answer
21	Which Gas is given off at the Cathode?	Answer
22	Which Gas is given off at the Anode?	Answer
23	Give the Ionic Equation for the Gas given off at the Anode.	Answer
24	Why don't you get Sodium Metal at the Cathode?	Answer
27	What Substance is left in Solution after Electrolysis?	Answer
28	Give one Use of this Substance?	Answer

The Transition Metals
29	Where do you find the Transition Metals in the Periodic Table?	Answer
30	What is their Group Number?	Answer
31	Do the Transition Metals Conduct Electricity?	Answer
32	Do the Transition Metals form Coloured Compounds?	Answer
33	Give one Use of Copper?	Answer
34	Give one Example of a Transition Metal Used as a Catalyst.	Answer

The Halogens
35	What is the Group Number of the Halogens?	Answer
36	What does Diatomic mean?	Answer
37	What Colour is Chlorine?	Answer
38	What Colour is Bromine?	Answer
39	Is Iodine a Liquid?	Answer
40	Going down the Group, do the Halogens become More Reactive?	Answer
41	Going down the Group, do the Halogens have a Higher Boiling Point?	Answer
42	Write the Balanced Equation for the reaction between Aluminium and Chlorine.	Answer
43	Write the Balanced Equation for the reaction of Chlorine with Potassium Iodide.	Answer
44	Write the Ionic Equation for the reaction of Chlorine with Potassium Iodide.	Answer
45	Give one Use of Fluoride?	Answer
46	Give one Use of Chlorine?	Answer
47	Give one Use of Bromide?	Answer
48	What does Hydrogen Chloride make when it is Dissolved in Water?	Answer
49	How is Hydrogen Chloride Safely Dissolved in Water?	Answer

The Noble Gases
50	What is the Group Number of the Noble Gases?	Answer
51	What does Monatomic mean?	Answer
52	Going down the Group, do the Noble Gases have a Higher Boiling Point?	Answer
53	Give one Use of Helium?	Answer
54	Give one Use of Neon?	Answer
55	Give one Use of Argon?	Answer