A. Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it’s wrong. Write your answer before the number.
__________ 1. Liquids are difficult to compress.
__________ 2. Molecules of solid are not close to one another.
__________ 3. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
__________ 4. Molecules of gases are well separated with no regular arrangement.
__________ 5. In general, as the temperature rises, matter moves to a more steady state.
__________ 6. Each horizontal row is called period.
__________ 7. Each vertical column is called a group or family.
__________ 8. Transition elements are the elements in groups 1-2 and 13-18.
__________ 9. Group 16 elements are called noble gases.
__________ 10. The metals are found on the left of the metalloids (except hydrogen), and the
non-metals on the right side.
__________ 11. Mettalic properties decreases within a period.
__________ 12. Metals have the tendency to lose electrons and become cations.
__________ 13. Atomic size within the same group decreases from top to bottom.
__________ 14.Elements with high ionization energies tend to have very metallic properties.
__________ 15. Electronegativity decreases from top to bottom within the same group of
elements.