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Elements
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science
Instructions:
Answer 37 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When dissolved in alcohol - this is used to disinfect cuts
Gold
Iodine
Chlorine
Lead
2. An essential component of computer chips and glass. It's also what most beach sand is made of and is the most abundant element on earth
Hydrogen
Silicon
Chromiun
Mercury
3. Some medical reports suggest that taking this element helps prevent colds
Rubidium
Carbon
Zinc
Fluorine
4. This element is widely used in matches and fertilizers.
Plutonium
Silver
Phosphorus
Cobalt
5. Metal used as a filament in light bulbs
Tungsten
Phosphorus
Lead
Bismuth
6. Radioactive element contained in smoke detectors
Americium
Chlorine
Sodium
Mercury
7. Those painfully bright headlights can contain this gas.
Nickel
Zinc
Lead
Xenon
8. The nonflammable gas that was used to replace hydrogen in blimps
Radium
Argon
Helium
Zinc
9. Nickels - dimes - and quarters are now made of copper and nickel - but before that they were all made of ...
Radium
Silver
Americium
Sulfur
10. When this element is burned in a flame - the color is a deep red - just like the gemstone it's named after
Rubidium
Americium
Uranium
Potassium
11. Found in Pepto-Bismol and makes it pink
Chromiun
Radium
Bismuth
Sodium
12. Deep blue glass often contains this element
Hydrogen
Rubidium
Cobalt
Chlorine
13. Pencil lead is mostly ...
Carbon
Nitrogen
Bismuth
Lead
14. Before there was aluminum foil there was ______________ foil.
Helium
Fluorine
Nitrogen
Tin
15. 78% of air is this gas
Iron
Nitrogen
Lead
Americium
16. What the state capitol dome is covered in. _________
Uranium
Sodium
Gold
Iodine
17. Added to town drinking water (and swimming pools) to kill bacteria
Rubidium
Chlorine
Phosphorus
Zinc
18. Given the name of the coin - it's surprising that only 25% of it is this element
Phosphorus
Nickel
Cobalt
Nitrogen
19. A flammable gas that used to be used in blimps (and was contained in the Hindenberg - which caught fire while trying to land in New Jersey over 75 years ago.)
Zirconium
Hydrogen
Silver
Arsenic
20. A favorite poison of mystery writers.
Radon
Nitrogen
Plutonium
Arsenic
21. Until the recent discovery of a new planet (or even planets) in our solar system - this element was named after the farthest known planet (or closest dwarf planet) from the sun...
Uranium
Americium
Gold
Plutonium
22. Contained in toothpastes and town drinking waters
Fluorine
Xenon
Chromiun
Neon
23. Many people believe that getting too much salt is bad for you because salt contains
Sodium
Radon
Helium
Carbon
24. A radioactive gas that sometimes seeps through basement floors and accumulates in poorly ventilated houses
Hydrogen
Iodine
Radon
Uranium
25. The element that is in the gas with the rotten egg smell
Hydrogen
Sulfur
Fluorine
Uranium
26. A shiny metal used on automobile bodies - especially the trim
Radon
Silicon
Iron
Chromiun
27. A gaseous element used in brightly colored electric signs
Phosphorus
Neon
Silicon
Fluorine
28. A liquid metal
Lead
Helium
Mercury
Neon
29. ______________________ was the first element found to be radioactive
Copper
Zinc
Uranium
Silicon
30. For some reason - everyone seems to know that bananas are rich in...
Americium
Hydrogen
Potassium
Gold
31. A metal that is used in car batteries and as a solder to join pipes - and once was contained in paint and gasoline - is a health hazard for people (especially young children) who ingest it.
Chromiun
Radon
Fluorine
Lead
32. People who don't get enough of this metal can suffer from anemia.
Radon
Silver
Iron
Sodium
33. When they can't afford diamonds - prospective husbands might buy their fiancees stones made of this element (and probably live to regret it later)
Fluorine
Argon
Zirconium
Rubidium
34. The metal the Statue of Liberty is made of...
Radium
Copper
Mercury
Gold
35. Marie Curie found this element that used to be used to make watch and clock dials glow in the dark. ________________________
Arsenic
Iodine
Silver
Radium
36. 1% of air is this gaseous element
Argon
Hydrogen
Tungsten
Neon
37. As far as credit cards go - this is more precious than gold or silver
Phosphorus
Zirconium
Nitrogen
Platinum