Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry 1.18 Periodic Table arrangement
Practise reading group, period and atomic number information, then interpreting simple Periodic Table data and plotted trends.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2019
- Course
- Chemistry 4CH1
Practise reading group, period and atomic number information, then interpreting simple Periodic Table data and plotted trends.
The diagram shows part of the Periodic Table, with elements represented by the letters L, M, Q, R and T.
The letters in the diagram represent elements but are not their chemical symbols.

Give the letter from the diagram that represents a noble gas.
T
An atom of element Q has 31 protons.
Use this information to explain how you can determine the number of protons in an atom of element R.
- 33
- because the atomic number of R is two more than Q
Accept:
- R has two more protons than Q
- R is two places to the right / two places further on in the period
- for each successive element in the period there is one more proton / the atomic number increases by one
- they are in the same period but Q is in group 3 and R is in group 5
Ignore:
- reference to electrons