Summary – Chapter 4/5 – Quiz Questions #4
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1. How did Mendeleev arrange elements in the periodic table?

2. On what basis is the modern periodic table arranged?

3. How can an element become an ion?

4. What are the three ways that elements can be classified?

5. What are the two things that each periodic table family have in common?

6. What are three metal families in the periodic table?

7. Name two families of nonmetals.

8. What is a semiconductor?

9. What does an element’s atomic number represent?

10. How do you determine the number of neutrons of an element?

11. What is a valence electron?