Periodic Table Trends Worksheet
Explore basic periodic table trends including atomic number, groups, and periods for grade 6 science.
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Periodic Table Trends
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use your knowledge of the Periodic Table to help you.
1. The Periodic Table organizes all known elements by their number.
2. Elements in the same vertical column are called .
3. Elements in the same horizontal row are called .
4. Most of the elements on the periodic table are classified as .
5. What does the atomic number of an element represent?
Number of neutrons
Number of protons
Atomic mass
Number of electrons
6. Which of the following is true about elements in the same group?
They have similar chemical properties.
They have the same atomic number.
They are in the same period.
They have the same atomic mass.
7. Look at the illustration of an element box. What information can you find about an element from its box on the Periodic Table?
8. Elements in the same period have the same number of valence electrons.
True
False
9. As you move from left to right across a period, the atomic number generally increases.
True
False
Match the term to its definition.
10. Period
a. Vertical column on the periodic table.
11. Group
b. Horizontal row on the periodic table.
12. Metals
c. Elements that are good conductors of heat and electricity.
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