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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.
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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. Marie Curie found this element that used to be used to make watch and clock dials glow in the dark. ________________________
Radium
Neon
Americium
Iodine
2. The metal the Statue of Liberty is made of...
Lead
Copper
Silver
Radium
3. Many people believe that getting too much salt is bad for you because salt contains
Hydrogen
Zinc
Tin
Sodium
4. Before there was aluminum foil there was ______________ foil.
Phosphorus
Xenon
Tin
Plutonium
5. 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.)
Radium
Gold
Uranium
Hydrogen
6. A gaseous element used in brightly colored electric signs
Neon
Chlorine
Radium
Fluorine
7. Added to town drinking water (and swimming pools) to kill bacteria
Chromiun
Chlorine
Iodine
Zirconium
8. When they can't afford diamonds - prospective husbands might buy their fiancees stones made of this element (and probably live to regret it later)
Uranium
Zirconium
Lead
Copper
9. ______________________ was the first element found to be radioactive
Sulfur
Sodium
Copper
Uranium
10. This element is widely used in matches and fertilizers.
Potassium
Sodium
Phosphorus
Iron
11. The element that is in the gas with the rotten egg smell
Sulfur
Radium
Phosphorus
Radon
12. Some medical reports suggest that taking this element helps prevent colds
Bismuth
Zinc
Arsenic
Tungsten
13. 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
Gold
Silicon
Silver
Lead
14. When dissolved in alcohol - this is used to disinfect cuts
Iodine
Uranium
Argon
Gold
15. A shiny metal used on automobile bodies - especially the trim
Silicon
Carbon
Chromiun
Potassium
16. Those painfully bright headlights can contain this gas.
Xenon
Bismuth
Iron
Radon
17. What the state capitol dome is covered in. _________
Gold
Rubidium
Bismuth
Helium
18. As far as credit cards go - this is more precious than gold or silver
Platinum
Zinc
Sulfur
Uranium
19. A liquid metal
Lead
Uranium
Mercury
Potassium
20. 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...
Plutonium
Silicon
Bismuth
Radon
21. Pencil lead is mostly ...
Platinum
Zirconium
Carbon
Neon
22. Found in Pepto-Bismol and makes it pink
Zirconium
Bismuth
Argon
Copper
23. Metal used as a filament in light bulbs
Silver
Tungsten
Tin
Copper
24. Radioactive element contained in smoke detectors
Xenon
Nickel
Americium
Zinc
25. Contained in toothpastes and town drinking waters
Helium
Cobalt
Chlorine
Fluorine
26. For some reason - everyone seems to know that bananas are rich in...
Chlorine
Potassium
Platinum
Nickel
27. 78% of air is this gas
Uranium
Nitrogen
Bismuth
Neon
28. When this element is burned in a flame - the color is a deep red - just like the gemstone it's named after
Rubidium
Sulfur
Potassium
Copper
29. Deep blue glass often contains this element
Chlorine
Cobalt
Nitrogen
Copper
30. People who don't get enough of this metal can suffer from anemia.
Iron
Americium
Radium
Fluorine
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.
Mercury
Lead
Platinum
Plutonium
32. A radioactive gas that sometimes seeps through basement floors and accumulates in poorly ventilated houses
Zinc
Uranium
Radon
Potassium
33. Nickels - dimes - and quarters are now made of copper and nickel - but before that they were all made of ...
Carbon
Neon
Copper
Silver
34. A favorite poison of mystery writers.
Arsenic
Zinc
Sodium
Platinum
35. Given the name of the coin - it's surprising that only 25% of it is this element
Potassium
Silicon
Nickel
Phosphorus
36. 1% of air is this gaseous element
Radium
Nitrogen
Argon
Xenon
37. The nonflammable gas that was used to replace hydrogen in blimps
Helium
Zinc
Chlorine
Iron