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History of the Periodic Table

History of the Periodic Table

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Interactive Video

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Chemistry

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9th - 12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Easy

Created by

Shane Pulliam

Used 1+ times

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Antoine Lavoisier's contribution to the organization of elements in 1789?

Introduced modern chemical nomenclature.

Classified 33 elements based on their chemical properties.

Proposed the Law of Triads.

Organized elements by atomic mass.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which chemist introduced modern chemical nomenclature using symbols based on the initial letters of Latin names?

Antoine Lavoisier

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

John Newlands

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Dmitri Mendeleyev primarily organize the elements in his first periodic table in 1869?

By their atomic number.

By their electron configurations.

By their chemical properties and atomic mass.

By their physical state at room temperature.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What fundamental discovery did Henry Moseley make in 1913 that led to the modern periodic table?

Elements should be arranged by atomic mass.

Elements should be arranged by atomic number.

Elements could be grouped into triads.

Elements' properties repeat every eight elements.

5.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the scientists with the year that they contributed to the periodic table:

1789: ​ (a)  

1829: ​ (b)  

1864: ​ (c)  

1869: ​ (d)  

1913: ​ (e)  

Antoine Lavoisier
Wolfgang Dobereiner
John Newlands
Dmitri Mendeleev
Henry Moseley
Jon Jacob Berzelius

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the scientist with his contribution to the periodic table:

Organize by atomic number: ​ (a)  

Organized by atomic mass and left spaces for unknown elements: ​​ (b)  

Organized by atomic mass and chemical properties: ​ (c)  

Organized elements in triads: ​ (d)  

Organized elements is sets of eight: ​ (e)   ​

Henry Moseley
Dmitri Mendeleev
Antoine Lavoisier
Wolfgang Dobereiner
John Newlands
Jon Jacob Berzelius

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