th Attention Rising 6 graders Important announcement for the summer packet We are so pleased that you have chosen to attend sixth grade at T. H. Rogers Middle School. To prepare for the fall, your core class teachers have prepared a work packet for you to complete over the summer. Where is it located? The packet will be available for download from the school website starting on 6/4/2018. It can be found under the student tab. How to plan for all the work? Don’t start working on the packet immediately. Take a look at the assignments, and plan it out. We suggest that students divide up the assignments and work on some each day. You may begin the English book on the first day of August so that it will be fresh in your mind for the start of school. The summer reading book is available for pick up on 6/4/2018. When is the due date? All of the summer packets will be due on the first day of school 8/27/2018. Who should students turn in the work to? Students will need to return it back to their subject-area teachers on the due date. Science Summer Packet Name: ____________________ BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS Use the Periodic Table of Elements, internet and other resources to answer the following questions. 1. It is the lightest metal and is said to have a memory ___________________. 2. The only metal that is liquid at room temperature _____________________. 3. Another name for the Noble gases is the _________________. They are called this because _________________________________________. 4. The four elements named after planets in the Solar System a._________________________________ b. _________________________________ c. ________________________________ d. _________________________________ 5. Used in toothpaste to retard tooth decay ________________________________. 6. The metal used as the sparking agent in cigarette liters and is named after a large asteroid __________________. 7. This element is used in a device for prospecting for gold and silver and is named after one of the fifty states _______________________. 8. Used an anti-microbial and anti-viral agent in drinking water and swimming pools __________. 9. It is called “The Alien” _____________________. Why? _______________________________. 10. Named after a mythological “sower of dragon’s teeth” ________________________. 11. A mined radioactive metal used in nuclear reactors ___________________________. 12. The only element that can form chemical bonds with itself to form long stable chains ________. 13. The Noble gas whose name means “The Hidden” _____________________. 14. Known as “Jove’s metal” ___________________________. 15. Known as “the bringer of light” and used on the tips of matches _________________. 16. This metal is prevalent in the soil of the planet Mars ___________________. 17. Metal known as the “Little Demon” and “Devil’s Copper “__________ and is a component of a coin. 18. Used in the manufacture of mirrors and bronze _________________. 19. Named after the scientist who proposed the “Theory of Relativity” _____________________. 20. Named after the Russian chemist who developed the Periodic Table ____________________. PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS 181716151413121110987654321 1 2 K L 1 Atomic # 2 M N O P Q 1 H Symbol Metalloids He Hydrogen Name Metals Nonmetals Helium 1.008 Weight C Solid Pnictogens Chalcogens Halogens 4.0026 Alkali metals metals Transition metals Post-transition nonmetals Other Noble gases N metals Alkaline earth G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 K 1 2 Lanthanoids 3 4 5 6 7 8 L 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M N Hg Liquid O (Lanthanides) P 2 Li Be B C N O F Ne Q Lithium Beryllium L Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon 6.94 9.0122 10.81 12.011 14.007 15.999 18.998 20.180 K E H Gas Actinoids M N N N N G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 K 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 L 11 1 12 2 13 3 14 4 15 5 16 6 17 7 18 8 M (Actinides) N Rf Unknown O P 3 Na Mg K E A T P M N G Al Si P S Cl Ar Q Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon 22.990 24.305 26.982 28.085 30.974 32.06 35.45 39.948 K E P M N N N G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 K 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 L 19 8 20 8 21 9 22 10 23 11 24 13 25 13 26 14 27 15 28 16 29 18 30 18 31 18 32 18 33 18 34 18 35 18 36 18 M 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N O P 4 K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Q Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton 39.098 40.078 44.956 47.8 67 50.942 51.996 54.938 55.845 58.933 58.693 63.546 65.38 69.723 72.630 74.922 78.971 79.904 83.798 K E T T T T T T T T T T P M M N N G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 K 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 L 37 18 38 18 39 18 40 18 41 18 42 18 43 18 44 18 45 18 46 18 47 18 48 18 49 18 50 18 51 18 52 18 53 18 54 18 M 8 8 9 10 12 13 13 15 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 N 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 O P 5 Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Q Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon 85.468 87.62 88.906 91.224 92.906 95.95 (98) 101.07 102.91 106.42 107.87 112.41 114.82 118.71 121.76 127.6 0 126.90 131.29 K E T T T T T T T T T T P P M M N G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 K 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 L 55 18 56 18 72 18 73 18 74 18 75 18 76 18 77 18 78 18 79 18 80 18 81 18 82 18 83 18 84 18 85 18 86 18 M 18 18 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 N 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 O 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 P 6 Cs Ba 57–71 Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Q Caesium Barium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon 132.91 137.33 178.49 180.95 183.84 186.21 190.23 192.22 195.08 196.97 200.59 204.38 207. 2 208.98 (209) (210) (222) K E T T T T T T T T T P P P P M G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 K 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 L 87 18 88 18 104 18 105 18 106 18 107 18 108 18 109 18 110 18 111 18 112 18 113 18 114 18 115 18 116 18 117 18 118 18 M 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 N 18 18 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 O 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 P 7 Fr 1 Ra 2 89–103 Rf 2 Db 2 Sg 2 Bh 2 Hs 2 Mt 2 Ds 1 Rg 1 Cn 2 Nh 3 Fl 4 Mc 5 Lv 6 Ts 7 Og 8 Q Francium Radium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 223 K 226 E 267 T 268 T 269 T 270 T 277 T 278 281 282 285 T 286 289 P 290 293 294 294 For elements with no stable isotopes, the mass number of the isotope with the longest half-life is in parentheses. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 57 18 58 18 59 18 60 18 61 18 62 18 63 18 64 18 65 18 66 18 67 18 68 18 69 18 70 18 71 18 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 6 La 2 Ce 2 Pr 2 Nd 2 Pm 2 Sm 2 Eu 2 Gd 2 Tb 2 Dy 2 Ho 2 Er 2 Tm 2 Yb 2 Lu 2 Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium ( ) 138.91 L 140.12 L 140.91 L 144.24 L 145 L 150.36 L 151.96 L 157.