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Periodic Table Quiz

Symbols, groups and a couple of Latin names that catch almost everyone out. Find out whether that classroom wall chart ever really sank in.

🔬 Science medium 20 questions ~7 min

What this quiz asks

Which element has the chemical symbol K?
Which element is the most abundant in Earth's crust by mass?
Which element has the chemical symbol Sb?
The noble gases occupy which group of the periodic table?
Who published the 1869 table that deliberately left gaps for undiscovered elements?
Select ALL of these elements that are halogens.
Which element is the most electronegative?
Order these elements from the lowest atomic number to the highest.
Select ALL of these elements whose symbols come from their Latin names.
Which element makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere by volume?
Which metal is a liquid at normal room temperature?
How many elements sit in the first period, the top row of the table?
Which element was detected in the Sun's spectrum before anyone found it on Earth?
Diamond and graphite are both made of nothing but carbon.
Does an element's period number tell you how many electron shells its atoms have?
Select ALL of these elements that are gases at room temperature.
Which element has the highest melting point of them all?
Which radioactive element did Marie Curie name after her homeland?
Order these families of elements by how many outer-shell electrons their atoms carry, fewest first.
Which element takes its name from the Greek word for lazy or idle?