Exam 7: Periodic Properties of the Elements

Oxides of most nonmetals combine with water to form ________.

Which one of the following compounds would produce an acidic solution when dissolved in water?

In their compounds, the charges on the alkali metals and the alkaline earth metals are ________ and ________, respectively.

The acidity of carbonated water is due to the ________.

Sodium is much more apt to exist as a cation than is chlorine. This is because ________.

Of the following metals, ________ exhibits multiple oxidation states.

Transition metals within a period differ mainly in the number of ________ electrons.

Which of the following correctly represents the third ionization of aluminum?

Which equation correctly represents the first ionization of copper?

Of the following species, ________ has the largest radius.

As successive electrons are removed from an element, the ionization energy ________.

Which one of the following compounds produces a basic solution when dissolved in water?

An electron in a ________ subshell experiences the greatest effective nuclear charge in a many-electron atom.

An alkaline earth metal forms a compound with oxygen with the formula ________. (The symbol M represents any one of the alkaline earth metals.)

Which of the following generalizations cannot be made with regard to reactions of alkali metals? (The symbol M represents any one of the alkali metals.)

In nature, the noble gases exist as ________.

Of the following metals, ________ exhibits multiple oxidation states.

Which periodic table group contains only nonmetals?

Which metal is a liquid at room temperature?

Element M reacts with oxygen to form an oxide with the formula MO. When MO is dissolved in water, the resulting solution is basic. Element M could be ________.