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- 1. Multiple Choice
This element is named for a rock in the groundseleniumscandiumsiliconantimony - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich element's name originates from a red stone?berylliumnobeliumbismuthberkelium
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich element come from the Arabic word "buraq"?boronbismuthberylliumbarium
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich element was originally known as calx?californiumcarboncalciumcadmium
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich element occurs in the orange-yellow mineral called orpiment?astatinearsenichassiumpraseodymium
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich element is named after a mineral, which itself was named after a Russian mine official?samariumsulfurosmiumvanadium
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich element is named after a Greek word that means "stink"?bromineboronbariumbohrium
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich element's compounds "have colorful sheens"?cesiumchromiumcuriumcarbon
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich element is named after the Greek word for "pale-green"?chlorinecobaltcesiumcalifornium
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich element "starts white, until its colors come out"?bismuthboroniodinesodium
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich element "has pointy crystals"?astatinezinczirconiumaluminum
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich element is "stout", coming from the Greek word for heavy.bariumboronbismuthcobalt
- 13. Multiple ChoiceSome elements, such as indium and thallium, are named for _____their color spectra when burnedthe color of their mineralstheir color in solutiontheir common physical properties
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThey tasted this element and thought it was bittercalciumaluminumgalliumthallium
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich element is named for the Greek word "violet"?iodineindiumniobiumiridium
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich element was named for having a "gold-like glitter"zinczirconiumargonplatinum
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich element has a name meaning "shining yellow" while we abbreviate "shining dawn"goldamericiumfranciumactinium
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis element, with the Latin name "kalium", comes from burnt woodpotassiumsodiumkryptonberkelium
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIn medieval Europe, a compound of this element was used as a headache remedysodiumnatriumpotassiumvanadium
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIts symbol is Latin, but its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for "holy metal"irontungstenfermiumpromethium
- 21. Multiple ChoiceIn most European languages this element is known as "wolfram"lawrenciumfermiumtungstenhafnium
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis soft grey metal was formerly known as "columbrium"nickelniobiumchromiumneodymium
- 23. Multiple ChoiceIts name stems from acid transactionscarbonnitrogenoxygenosmium
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIts name originates from the French word for saltpeter, used in fertilizers and gunpowdercarbonnitrogenoxygennihonium
- 25. Multiple ChoiceIts name stems from the Latin word for charcoalcarbonnitrogenoxygencalcium
- 26. Multiple ChoiceIt's the main constituent of charcoalcarbonnitrogenoxygencobalt
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThis element was identified thanks to its distinctive smellosmiumoxygenphosphorusmoscovium
- 28. Multiple ChoiceA mineral of this element is used in smelting, to make metals flow wellfluorinefleroviumironfermium
- 29. Multiple ChoiceIt was the first alkali metal found in a stonesodiumlithiumpotassiumrubidium
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThis element is referred to as the "green" twinpraseodymiumneodymiumpalladiumpolonium
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThis element is referred to as the "new" twinpraseodymiumneodymiumneondubnium
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the noble gases was named by a child?neonargonkryptonxenon
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhich element was named after the greek word for "hard to get"?dysprosiumdubniumdarmstadtiumneodymium
- 34. Multiple ChoiceFor a long time, ores held this element's secretlanthanumlithiumlawrenciumpalladium
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThis element is unstable and will quickly decayastatineironplatinumpotassium
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe root words of three radioactive elements all mean _____"to act""ray""proton""first"
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhich element is so rare we found it by making it?strontiumtechnetiumprotactiniumactinium
- 38. Multiple ChoiceThe Greeks thought this element might have been leadmoscoviummercuryosmiummolybdenum
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThis element was named "little silver" by the Spanishphosphorusplatinumpotassiumplutonium
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThis element was named for a prince who founded the Greek city of Thebessodiumceriumcadmiumradium
- 41. Multiple ChoiceThis element's name means "goblin" in Germansiliconcobaltcoppercopernicium
- 42. Multiple ChoiceThis element's name stems from the German word for "devil"nickelnitrogenniobiumtitanium
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThis element is named after a hammer-wielding god from Norse mythologypromethiumuraniumthalliumthorium
- 44. Multiple ChoiceThis element is named after the personification of the rainbow in Greek mythologyerbiumindiumiodineiridium
- 45. Multiple ChoiceThe name of this element refers to giant deities of incredible strengththuliumthalliumtelluriumtitanium
- 46. Multiple ChoiceThis name was derived from the Titan in Greek mythology who stole fire from Mount Olympusthoriumpromethiumpoloniumpraseodymium
- 47. Multiple ChoiceThis element is referred to as "the one whose light brightens"promethiumphosphorusplutoniumprotactinium
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThis element was found in the sunheliummercuryhalfniumholmium
- 49. Multiple ChoiceIt's called "liquid silver" in Latinhydrogenplatinummercurygallium
- 50. Multiple ChoiceThis rare and lustrous metal was named after an asteroiddysprosiumprotactiniumpraseodymiumpalladium
- 51. Multiple ChoiceThis element was named after a goddess of the eartherbiumtelluriumeuropiumterbium
- 52. Multiple ChoiceThis element was named after the moonseaborgiumtelluriumseleniummolybdenum
- 53. Multiple ChoiceThis element is named after a European riverrutheniumrheniumrhodiumroentgenium
- 54. Multiple ChoiceThe name of this element stems from the city and the university where it was discovereddubniumberkeliumcaliforniumfermium
- 55. Multiple ChoiceWhich Swedish village has a mine that was the source of four new elements?SigtunaTerbiaYtterbyKiruna
- 56. Multiple ChoiceThree elements were named after islands in _____the Mediterranean Seathe Atlantic Oceanthe Pacific Oceanthe Indian Ocean
- 57. Multiple ChoiceThis element was likely named after France, homeland of the discoverergalliumfluorinegadoliniumflerovium
- 58. Multiple ChoiceBohrium, Curium, and several other elements were named after _____mineralscountriespeoplegods
- 59. Multiple ChoiceThis element's name stems from the Greek word for roserhodiumrutheniumrheniumrubidium
- 60. Multiple ChoiceWhich element has essentially the same name "as far back as we know"sulfurscandiumsodiumstrontium
- 61. Multiple ChoiceWhich element was said to sound like a spell from Harry Potter?CoperniciumUnunoctiumLivermoriumFlerovium
- 62. Multiple ChoiceThis elements name means "dead monk" or "never alone"antimonysulfursamariumscandium
- 63. Multiple ChoiceLutetium, Hafnium, and several other elements were named after places in _____EuropeAsiaAmericaAfrica
- 64. Multiple ChoiceThe first name, hydrogen, means it likes to form _____waterelectricityfoamheat
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