Copy of BBC Chemistry - A Volatile History (Ep. 2): The Order of the Elements (5/28/2026)

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19 questions

Copy of BBC Chemistry - A Volatile History (Ep. 2): The Order of the Elements (5/28/2026)

Last updated 20 days ago

19 questions

In 1869, who had the idea for the periodic table?

How many natural elements are there?

Salt is always made of what?

What instrument is used to see atoms?

Berzelius did what?

Dobereiner looked at element’s chemical properties and noted there were groups of 3 called:

Lithium, Sodium and Potassium are called _______________Metals. Describe their reaction with water.

Canizzaro finally produced precise __

Arranged in order of atomic weight, Newlands noted that every _______ element  had _______ properties. He called this the Law of _______ 

How did Mendeleev’s “chemical solitaire” find the patterns in the Periodic table?

Why was he using an incomplete deck of cards?

He combined _______ and _______ to design his table

Most of the elements are _______ 

To make it work he had to do what?

When the missing elements were discovered did they match his predictions?

Kirchoff and Bunsen used spectroscopes examine the _______  Spectrum given off by  elements?

Bohr said _______ orbit the nucleus in fixed shells holding a set number of  electrons.

Closest shell can only hold _______ 

Second can hold _______ 

Number of electrons in the _______  shell determines the properties of the atom.

To be _______  atoms want to have a _______  outer shell.

The heaviest known natural element is _______ 

Atomic _______ is the number of protons in the nucleus. 
Only whole numbers of  protons exist, so there are only _______ natural elements ending at _______ 

Copy of BBC Chemistry - A Volatile History (Ep. 2): The Order of the Elements (5/28/2026)

Copy of BBC Chemistry - A Volatile History (Ep. 2): The Order of the Elements (5/28/2026)

In 1869, who had the idea for the periodic table?

How many natural elements are there?

Salt is always made of what?

What instrument is used to see atoms?

Berzelius did what?

Dobereiner looked at element’s chemical properties and noted there were groups of 3 called:

Lithium, Sodium and Potassium are called _______________Metals. Describe their reaction with water.

Canizzaro finally produced precise __________ ________

How did Mendeleev’s “chemical solitaire” find the patterns in the Periodic table?

Why was he using an incomplete deck of cards?

To make it work he had to do what?

When the missing elements were discovered did they match his predictions?

In 1869, who had the idea for the periodic table?

How many natural elements are there?

Salt is always made of what?

What instrument is used to see atoms?

Berzelius did what?

Dobereiner looked at element’s chemical properties and noted there were groups of 3 called:

Lithium, Sodium and Potassium are called _______________Metals. Describe their reaction with water.

Canizzaro finally produced precise __________ ________

How did Mendeleev’s “chemical solitaire” find the patterns in the Periodic table?

Why was he using an incomplete deck of cards?

To make it work he had to do what?

When the missing elements were discovered did they match his predictions?

Canizzaro finally produced precise __

Canizzaro finally produced precise __