Elemental Solids
This element, the hardest natural substance on Earth, is used in cutting tools and jewelry.
What is carbon (C)?
This noble gas is glows bright red when electricity is passed through it.
What is neon (Ne)?
This metal is a liquid at STP.
What is mercury (Hg)?
This planet is closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
This desert in northern China and southern Mongolia is the largest desert in Asia.
What is the Gobi dessert?
This reddish-brown metal is used for electrical wires because it is a good conductor of electricity and it is strong even when pulled into thin wires.
What is copper (Cu)?
This noble gas glows bright blue and is used in vehicle headlights.
What is xenon (Xe)?
This element is the only non-metal element that is a liquid at room temperature.
What is bromine (Br)?
The is the name of the hyper-dense center of the atom.
What is the nucleus?
This river, the longest in Asia, flows through China and empties into the East China Sea.
What is the Yangtze River?
This silvery alkalai metal bursts into flames if it touches water.
What is sodium (Na)?
This gas, the lightest of all elements, was once used in airships but is highly explosive.
What is hydrogen (H)?
This solid metal melts in your hand because its melting point is just above room temperature.
What is gallium (Ga)?
What is a supernova?
This is the tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
This dense, heavy metal was used to make water pipes for a long time before it was discovered that ingesting it can cause brain damage.
What is lead (Pb)?
This yellowish gas can be combined with compounds to make Teflon pans and toothpaste.
What is fluorine (F)?
This slightly acidic liquid, chemical name dihydrogen peroxide, is responsible for more human deaths per year than any other liquid element or compound.
What is water (H2O)?
The process by which green plants transform light energy into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This country in Asia is made up of more than 17,000 islands, making it the largest archipelago nation in the world.
What is Indonesia?
This brittle, shiny metalloid is used to harden lead and is named after the Greek word for “moon.”
What is selenium (Se)?
This rare and heavy noble gas is radioactive and can build up in basements.
What is radon (Rn)?
This toxic liquid is very similar to water, but don't drink it!
What is hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)?
The name of the next closest star to the Earth after the Sun.
What is proxima centauri (alpha centauri)?
This country was split off from Malasia on August 9, 1965.
What is Singapore?