Element Worksheet this table.

Study the element symbol then pick the Latin nature from
the list in the LAST COLUMN of the table.
Name: _____________________________ Score: ____________
Date: ____________ English Name Symbol Latin Name Latin Name Choices
Antimony Sb Argentum Ex. Stibnum
Introduction: Copper Cu Aurum __________________
An element is a substance which cannot be separated into simpler Gold Au Cuprum __________________
substances by ordinary methods. Use your Periodic Table of the elements
Iron Fe Ferrum __________________
and your prior knowledge concerning elements to answer the questions on
this worksheet Lead Pb Hydrargyrum __________________
Mercury Hg Kalium __________________
The Names of the Elements: Potassium K Natrium __________________
As you look at your periodic table, you will recognize some of the more Silver Ag Plumbum __________________
common elements, but you will also notice that some elements have Sodium Na Stannum __________________
strange names. Where did all of these names come from? You will find out Tin Sn Stibnum __________________
as you work through the exercises below.
Tungsten W Wolfram __________________
A. Some elements are named after places. Write the name of the element
that is named after the place given in each question. Element-ary Crossword Puzzle
1. The country of France. ___________________________________ 1. Down: a yellow element that stinks when burned
2. Down: a reddish-orange element used for electrical wiring
2. The country of Germany. _________________________________ 2. Across: element named after a female scientist
3. America: ____________________________________ 3. Down: an element that is a coin
4. Across: name of an element and the closest planet to the sun
4. The country of Poland. ___________________________________ 5. Across: an element (gas) used to make colourfully lit advertising sign
5. Scandinavia: ___________________________________________
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6. An American state. ______________________________________
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7. The city of Berkeley: ____________________________________
8. The continent of Europe. ________________________________
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B. Four of the elements are named after planets. Complete the chart
below for the elements named after planets. 4
Element Name Planet Name
_____________________________ ____________________
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_____________________________ ____________________
_____________________________ ____________________
_____________________________ ____________________ Use Some of the Elements
Choose your answers for questions 1-19 from the following list of
C. Many elements are named after famous scientists. The scientist’s last elements. Each element is used only once. If an element appears twice
name is used along with the ending “ium”. Write the element after each in the list, use it twice!
scientist given. Aluminun Carbon Copper Hydrogen
1. Albert Einstein: _____________________ ______________ Iron Mercury Uranium Arsenic
Chlorine Copper Iodine Lead
2. Pierre and Marie Curie: _____________________________
Neon Calcium Chromium Fluorine
3. Enrico Fermi: ________________________________ Iron Magnesium Tungsten
4. Alfred Nobel: ______________________________
5. Dmitri Mendeleyev: ________________________________ 1. What metallic element is sometimes used in flares and flashbulbs
6. Ernest Lawrence: _________________________________ because it burns with a white, white light?________________________
2. What element is used to disinfect swimming pools?
D. Other interesting element names: ____________________
1. What element has the same name as one of American coins? 3. What element is needed for strong bones and teeth?
__________________________________ __________________
2. The element with the same name as the fictional planet from which 4. What element is found in liver and is needed to prevent anemia or
Superman came. ______________________________ “tired” blood? _____________________________
3. The element named after Thor, the Scandinavian god of war. 5. What element is added to toothpaste and city water system to help
____________________________ prevent tooth decay? ____________________________________
6. What element is used to “paint” the skin to prevent infection from cuts
Element Symbols:
and scratches? __________________________________
An element symbol is an abbreviation for the name of an element. A
symbol can have one or two letters. The first letter of a symbol is 7. Which element is used in bright, flashing advertising signs?
always capitalized. The second letter (if there is any) is never _________________________________
capitalized. Symbols for the naming of elements are part of an 8. What element is a liquid metal used in old thermometers?
international language. Chemists all over the world use the same symbols. ____________________________________
9. Which element is used for the shiny trim on cars? _______________
1. Complete the following table by filling in the missing word or symbol. 10. Which element is used in light bulbs as a filament? _____________
Element Symbol Element Symbol
11. Which element is used as a rat poison and is found in the title
Carbon C Chlorine Cl
murder mystery “_______ and the Old Lace”?
Hydrogen _________ _________________ Cu ____________________________
Oxygen _________ _________________ Au 12. What element is found in the U.S. penny? ____________________
Nitrogen _________ _________________ Ag 13. A diamond and your pencil lead (graphite) are made up of same
element. ___________________________________
Sulfur _________ _________________ He
14. Steel is formed when a little bit of carbon is added to this element.
Iodine _________ _________________ Al (The carbon gives strength and hardness to the steel).
Iron _________ _________________ Ca ___________________
15. What element is used as a shield to protect people from radioactive
Lead _________ _________________ Ne
substances? ______________________________
Mercury _________ _________________ K 16. What element has the lowest density of all the elements?
Phosphorus _________ _________________ Na ________________________________________
17. What element was used to make the first atomic bomb?
2. It’s easy to see where some of the symbols came from by looking at the ___________________________________
names of the elements. The symbol seems to be a combination of one or 18. Which element is rolled into a foil found and used in your kitchen?
two of the beginning letters in the element’s name. ______________________________________________
19. What element is used to be mined in the Upper Peninsula of
The elements in the following table are ones that have symbols that come Michigan? Several towns in the Upper Peninsula are named after this
from their Latin names. See how many Latin names you can get right in element, including “_____________________________ Harbor”.