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