Metals
This lightweight metal is very useful to us. It is used to make soda cans and baseball bats, car parts, baseball bats, and even as a food wrap.
What is aluminum?
This non metal was used since ancient times. It was found on cave walls as it can illuminate dark spaces. It has a distinctive, horrible smell much like rotten eggs.
What is sulfur?
This buoyant gas is produced by the sun at a rate of 700 million tons per second. It is commonly used today for inhalers and balloons.
What is helium?
Elements with similar chemical properties are called groups or ______.
What are families?
Everything in our world is made of this nonmetal. Whether living or nonliving, this element is everywhere. It is commonly used to determine the age of objects.
What is carbon?
This expensive metal is very well known. Since it is a good conductor of electricity it is used in wiring. Jewelry and Olympic Medals are made of this element.
What is gold?
This element can be found in bones and teeth. It was at first thought to be gold as it is the same color. Today it is used in animal feed and dishwashing detergent.
What is phosphorus?
This inert gas is useful in making things glow. It is found in laser pointers, flash photography, and fluorescent lights.
What is krypton?
This is how the periodic table of elements is organized.
What is atomic number?
This element can have a green, gray, or white appearance. However, it is used in fireworks to make them red and also causes the flame of the candle to burn red.
What is strontium?
This soft metal is used in batteries and medicines. It is soft enough to be cut with a knife.
What is lithium?
This metalloid is most commonly used in making computer chips to make them function correctly and in solar panels to generate electricity from the sun.
What is silicon?
This one of a kind element makes up 90% of all atoms in the universe and does not belong to any family. It is used in making water and is believed to be the only element that can exist without neutrons.
What is hydrogen?
This well known metal was used as far back as 3,000 b.c. It is commonly used in making jewelry and mirrors.
What is silver?
This liquid, also known as quicksilver, forms circular beads when placed on a flat surface. For a long time thermometers used this element but since it is toxic that changed. Today we use it for batteries and fluorescent lamps.
What is mercury?
This useful metal was discovered in Ancient Mesopotamia. Although it is used in making pans, instruments, and jewelry, it is more well known as it was used to build the Statue of Liberty.
What is copper?
This well known element was found in the ocean. It is used as a disinfectant in pools, detergent, and paper.
What is chlorine?
This gas is especially useful in fertilizers for lawns, gardens, and farms. It is also uses as a refrigerant to keep foods cold.
This group on the periodic table does not react to other elements. In fact they used to be called inert.
What are noble gases?
This metalloid is very explosive when in contact with water. It is used in detergents and in fueling rockets. It gives fireworks their green color.
What is boron?
This metal is commonly used in making cans as it does not corrode so food stays fresh.
What is tin?
This gas turns pale yellow at room temperature and is dangerous to inhale. It is found in drinking water, toothpaste, and at nuclear power plants.
What is fluorine?
This gas is used to help protect welded parts from cracking. Additionally, it protects incandescent light bulbs from coming into contact with oxygen which increases the life of the light bulbs.
What is argon?
This pretty green metal is useful in making glass. It is more commonly known for fueling nuclear power plants.
What is uranium?
This is the only letter not on the periodic table. It was the chemical symbol for iodine but was changed to I.
What is J?