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november elemental

The word Chemistry has been in the Oxford English Dictionary for a nice round 400 years this year, worth a celebration, definitionitively!

Also, as it’s the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemistry Week at the beginning of November, we thought we’d chip in with this elementary quiz.  If you’re worried that you don’t know your Arsenic (As) from your Aluminium (Al) just read the questions carefully and we reckon you’ll be Sortedium (Ok!).

The RSC have coughed up three ‘Tungsten’ T’s, + RSC goodies + copies of Bill Bryson’s ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ as prizes, BIG thanks to them, and do check out Chemistry Week, there’s lots going on

(U)  (Re)(Dy)?   (Gd)! 

(O)(F)(F)   (U)    (Co)!

(Cm)  (Bk)  (Sn)   (Th)(O)

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01
 What is the main element found in the Sun?
Hydrogen
Sunnium
Shinium

02
 What chemical element's anme comes from the Greek 'bromos', meaning stench, because it smells so bad?
Chlorine
Bromine
Nitrogen

03
 Which of these elements was NOT known to the ancient world?
Iron
Copper
Oxygen

04
 There is about 70 million tonnes of gold in the sea. How is it extracted?
Filtration - puming the water through massive sieves.
Evaporation - the water is boiled off and the gold remains.
It isn't extracted - all methods are more expensive than the gold extracted.

05
 The discovery of which two elements was first announced on a children's quiz show in 1945?
Americium and Curium
Sodium & Chlorine
Oxygen & Nitrogen

06
 Electrum is an alloy (a mix of two metals) of gold and what other metal?
Helium
Silver
Hydrogen

07
 Why was the possibly non-existent element Ununoctium, removed from the periodic table?
It had a silly name that no one could pronounce
No one else could repeat the experiment to produce it
The scientists who discovered it wanted to keep it a secret

08
 Which cow based food is highest in the mineral copper?
Calves liver
Bacon
Salmon

09
 Iodine deficiency in a diet can cause what in the sufferers?
A lower IQ level
Flat feet
Overly bushy eyebrows

10
 Which of these elements was NOT discovered by the American, based at Berkley University in California, Glen Seaborg?
Berkelium
Californium
Europium

Answers

1= Hydrogen • 2= Bromine • 3= Oxygen • 4= It isn't extracted • 5= Americium & Curium • 6= Silver • 7= No one else could repeat the experiment • 8= Calves liver • 9= A lower IQ level • 10= Europium

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