Element / Periodic Table Games & Quizzes

Quizzes about the elements and periodic table are extremely popular. Here are some of the top chemistry quizzes that test your familiarity with the elements and understanding of the periodic table.

The clues for this printable crossword puzzle are the symbols for the first several elements. An answer key for the crossword puzzle is provided.

An element word search is a fun way to learn how to spell the names of the elements. Here are some element word search sheets, complete with element word search answer keys. The word searches are available as pdf files so you can save and print them.

Can you recognize the elements when you see them? Here's a quiz that tests your ability to identify an element based on its appearance.

Do you know the colors of the chemical elements? Here's a fun multiple choice quiz designed to test your knowledge.

The atomic number of an element is the same as its number of protons. The atomic number determines an element's order in the periodic table. Do you know the numbers of the first few elements? Here's your chance to test yourself, while learning some facts about the elements, too.

This ten question multiple choice chemistry quiz tests your ability to match the elements with their element groups in the periodic table.

It's easy to understand how people get confused over the spelling of element names like sulfur, which the IUPAC changed from sulphur (a common spelling still used in some countries). Other element names are just harder to spell. Do you know them all?

Here's a challenging matching quiz. I've selected elements and their symbols from across the periodic table, with an eye toward those often thought to be confusing.

Can you match the names of the elements to their corresponding symbols? Here's an easy quiz to test your skill, using 10 of the first 18 elements. Have fun!

Can you match the chemical symbol to its element? Here's a ten-question quiz to test your knowledge.

Here's a list of the element names that can be broken down into element symbols. For example, the letters in the element neon are the symbols for Ne, O, N (neon, oxygen, and nitrogen).

Take a multiple choice quiz to test yourself about the symbols for the first 20 elements.

If you're given the nuclear symbol for an element, can you identify how many protons and neutrons it has? If you see an ion symbol, do you know how many electrons are present? Here's your chance to test yourself.

There are several elements which have symbols that don't seem to correspond to their names. That's because the symbols come from old names for the elements. Here's a multiple choice quiz to test your knowledge of the element names.

This multiple choice quiz tests your understanding of the periodic table. The quiz examines the organization of the periodic table and how it can be used to predict trends in element properties.

Test your knowledge of the elements with this fun, quick quiz!

Do you understand the trends of periodic table periodicity? Here's a ten question multiple choice quiz you can take to test your knowledge.

Can you identify the elements based on how they look? Here's a printable multiple choice quiz you can take to test yourself. The photos are of the...

Do you know the names of the elements? This quiz tests your ability to tell real elements from substances that either don't exist or else aren't elements.

Which chemical element are you? Technically speaking, you mostly consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, but which element best represents your personality? Take this fun multiple choice quiz to find out.

How much do you know about the element carbon? Here's a ten question quiz you can take to test your knowledge of carbon facts.

How much do you know about the element iron? Here's a ten question quiz you can take to test your knowledge of iron facts.