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