Science quiz
Element groups: alkali metals, halogens and noble gases
Six families of the periodic table, 33 elements. Type an element and it drops into its family.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 33 answers
- Limit
- 5:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 33
- Time limit
- 5:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the elements in each family.
Alkali metals0/6
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Alkaline earth metals0/6
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- 5Not found yet
- 6Not found yet
Pnictogens0/5
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- 3Not found yet
- 4Not found yet
- 5Not found yet
Chalcogens0/5
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- 4Not found yet
- 5Not found yet
Halogens0/5
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- 4Not found yet
- 5Not found yet
Noble gases0/6
- 1Not found yet
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- 3Not found yet
- 4Not found yet
- 5Not found yet
- 6Not found yet
About this quiz
Elements in the same column of the periodic table behave alike, and six columns have collective names approved by IUPAC. Each family here is one column: groups 1, 2, 15, 16, 17 and 18.
- Hydrogen sits in group 1 but is not an alkali metal.
- Pnictogens are the nitrogen group and chalcogens are the oxygen group.
- The approved lists stop at astatine and radon, so tennessine and oganesson are left out here.
Sources
- [1]PubChem, National Institutes of Health. Periodic Table of Elements.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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