The Periodic Table Hunt
Michael Mangan
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Your Name _______________
Hour _____
Directions:
Find 1 fact for each element using
the “Periodic Table in Pictures” and the “Periodic
Table in Words” (http://elements.wlonk.com/)
Periodic Table Hunt
By Jim Gonyo
All Graphics
by Keith Enevoldsen
And
Complete the Periodic Table Hunt Questions and
the Superhunt Questions.
http://elements.wlonk.com
found in the sun and
stars
makes balloons float
used in batteries
found in emeralds
used in soap and
sporting equipment
basic life molecule
78 percent of air
humans need it to
breath
can kill if too much is
ingested
gives brightness in
neon signs
reactive and used in
table salt
makes up chlorophyll
that makes leaves
green
used in kitchenware
and transportation
found in quartz
makes up the human
skeleton
found in hair and egg
yolks
used to clean
swimming pools
filaments in lightbulbs
nutrient found in
bananas
found in shells and
teeth
used in bikes and
bricks
heat resistant metal
resilient steel used in
springs
used in stainless steel
cookware
used in bulldozers
and rock crushers
used in most structure
used for magnets
used in coins
used in copper wire
and piping
used in brass
instruments
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LED are made using
galium
used in infared
windows
used in different
poisons
used in copiers and
GPS
used in film for
cameras
gives light in
flashlights
used in satelites
used in fireworks
used in laser cutters
non corroding metal
used in nuclear
reactors
high melting point
metal used in trains
has a igh melting
point and is used in
tools
first human made
element
non corroding metal
used in pen tips and
electrical switches
shiny metal used in
search lights
metal that absorbed
hydrogen to control
polution
shiny metal used for
jewelry
toxic soft metal used
in paint
soft metal used for
LCD's
non corroding metal
used for food cans
brittle metalloids used
car batteries
metalloids used in
coolers
violet solid used in
disinfectants
inert gas used in high
intensity lightslargest
largest stable atoms
used in x-ray
machines
soft metal used in
telescope and
eyeglasses
most abundant rare
metal on earth
used in arc lamps
soft metal used in
strong magnets
radioactive human
made element
soft metal in
headphones
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used in color TV
best neutron absorber
element used in
fluorescent lights
nuclear control rods
infared laser in laser
surgery
signal amplifiers
element used in laser
eye surgery
in fiber optics
densest and hardest
metal
makes up nuclear
submarines
high melting point
metal in cell phones
high melting point
metal in light bulbs
rocket engine metal
non corroding metal in
pen tips
densest metal
dense metal used in
lab ware
shiny metal used in
jewelry
liquid in the middle of
thermometers
liquid in low
temperature
thermometers
used in weights
brittle metal in fire
sprinklers
element in anti static
brushes
in radioactive metal
used in surgical
implants
short lives atoms in
laser atom traps
in long lived luminous
watches
radioactive atoms that
smal amounts found
in nature
most abundant
radioactive metal
no use but waste
used for reactor fuel
nuclear weapon
waste
nuclear waste
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used for smoke
detecors
mineral analyzer
Periodic Table Hunt Questions
1. Find 3 corrosion resistant metals (Noble Metals).
ruthenium
rhodium
palladium
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____________
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2. Find a Red liquid.
bromine
____________
3. Find 4 of the top 8 Elements in the Earth’s Crust (by weight).
oxygen
sodium
magnesium
aluminum
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__________
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4. Find 4 of the top 10 Elements in the Human Body (by weight).
carbon
nitrogen
oxygen
sodium
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__________
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5. Find 4 elements that are found in nature only in trace amounts
(less than a millionth percent of the Earth’s Crust).
astsatine
radium
francium
polonium
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__________
__________
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6. Find 4 metallic solid elements.
silver
gold
iron
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__________
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nickel
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7. Find 3 magnetic elements (at room temperature).
cobalt
iron
nickel
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____________
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8. Find 3 colorless gases that do not belong to the Noble Gases.
oxygen
nitrogen
helium
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____________
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radon
9. Find 1 radioactive Noble Gas. __________
10. Find 1 element that is a magnetic, metallic solid and is found in
the Earth’s Crust. iron
radioactive waste
scientific tool and
mineral analyzer
Superhunt Questions
technetium
1. Find the first radioactive element found. ____________
technetium
2. Find the first human made element. ____________
silver
3. Find the element that conducts electricity best. ___________
4. Find the two elements that share the title of densest element.
irridium
osmium
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____________
5. Find two elements used in atomic clocks.
cesium
mercury
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_____________
6. Find the two elements that are radioactive metallic solids, never
found in nature and used in mineral analyzers.
curium
californium
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_____________
potassium
7. Find the most abundant radioactive element. ____________
lithium
8. Find the element that is the lightest metal. ____________
9. Find 4 elements whose isotopes have a half-life of more than
one year (this is actually a Super Superhunt question).
cesium
iodine
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__________
__________ __________
10. Find 4 elements that will give 3 electrons when bonding.
(this is actually an ultimately Super Duper Superhunt question)
helium
neon
argon
krypton
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__________
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