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