KS3 Y8 The Periodic Table

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button if available to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
   60      chemically      chlori      Dimitri Mendeleev      ine      Johann Dobereiner      John Newlands      lithium      mass      octaves      odium      organising      patterns      potassi      romin      seven      similar      three      triads   
It took many years of research to find out what elements make up our known universe and surroundings. Some elements behave in ways. These were grouped together and within these groups studied.

By the mid nineteenth century about elements were known. looked for elements with similar properties in groups of . Or also called . For instance , s and um were grouped together. Also ne, be and iod too.

thought he discovered groups of elements. This he called the .

It was until a card player who used the of an element to arrange them in order. He started from the lightest to the heaviest. His approach of arranging elements is now accepted as the best way of the elements.

 

 

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