The Periodic Table

Exercises based on the reading “The Periodic Table” target the following skills: 1.      Rapid reading 2.      Reading comprehension 3.      Critical thinking 4.      Writing at the sentence level

Directions: The exercise below has 25 problems that will help you read faster. Work as quickly as you can. Be careful not to make any errors, so read rapidly but carefully. In this exercise, there are six words: one word to the left of the line and five to the right. Read the word on the left and then find it among the five words to the right.

1.      scientists	scents	science	séances	scientist	scientists
2.      announced	announcer	announces	announce	announced	anonymous
3.      discovery	discoverer	disclaimer	discovery	discotheque	discoveries
4.      decay	decoy	decays	dismay	decay	demand
5.      synthesize	synthesize	synthesizer	synthesis	synthesizing	synthesized
6.      element	elemental	eliminate	elephant	elicit	element
7.      mistake	mistook	mistake	missile	mistakes	misuse
8.      withdraw	withdrew	withdraw	withdrawn	withdraws	withers
9.      reproduce	reproduction	reproduces	reproduce	reproduced	reproducing
10.  revise	reties	revises	revision	revised	revise
11.  classify	classification	clarify	classified	classify	classifies
12.  develop	devote	developer	develops	develop	developed
13.  property	propriety	property	protest	properties	propped
14.  exhibit	exist	extinct	exhibit	exhume	exact
15.  prediction	predilection	partition	pretension	predictions	prediction
16.  people	pupil	people	penury	people	peopled
17.  made	maid	made	mode	middle	mound
18.  progress	protest	progression	progress	progresses	progressed
19.  defend	defend	defense	defunct	defined	defended
20.  substance	substantial	substandard	substance	substantiate	substandard
21.  formulate	formula	formulates	formulate	formula	formation
22.  continue	container	continues	continued	continue	continuation
23.  amaze	amazed	amazes	amidst	among	amaze
24.  nature	nurture	natural	nature	nocturnal	natal
25.  appear	appear	appease	appeared	appears	apple

Directions: Click on the link below for paragraph 1. After you have read the passage, answer the questions below. Write your answers in the space provided after the question.

Paragraph 1

1.      What are transferiums?

2.      How did the term “transferium” orginate?

3.      Where are transferiums found? Why?

Directions: Click on the link below for paragraph 2. After you have read the passage, answer the questions below. Write your answers in the space provided after the question.

Paragraph 2

1.      What is required for new elements to be included in the periodic table

2.      How did the withdrawal of Element 118 affect the periodic table?

Paragraph 3

1.      How does the table classify chemical elements?

2.      Who developed the periodic table?

3.      What does periodicity mean?

4.      What does the periodic table permit?

Paragraph 4

1.      Who discovered the periodic law?

2.      Define the word element.

3.      What did Mendeleyev base his periodic table?

4.      What continues to amaze scientists?

5.      What will Element 118 be when it is discovered?

6.      What do you think the word “evident” means in the sentence “It became evident that certain groups of elements could be classified into families with similar chemical properties”?

7.      What do you think the word “formulated” means in the sentence “Based on this, Mendeleyev formulated his periodic table”?

Directions: After you have answered the questions above, send this page to your teacher by e-mail. Then go to WebElements^TM. Send your teacher another e-mail which answers the questions below.

1.      What is the number of the last element discovered according to WebElements^TM.

2.      Why do you think Element 113 is missing?

3.      Click on Element 111. Send your teacher an e-mail containing the chemical formula for the creation of Element 111, which is formed by the nuclear reaction involving fusion of an isotope of bismuth with an isotope of nickel.