Name _______________________ Period ____
Element Puns Worksheet
Identify what element each of the clues is describing. Then figure out the
numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons each element has. Notice, we will
assume all of these are neutral, so the protons and electrons are equal!
1) What you do in a play
2) What you do to a wrinkled shirt
3) “Tasty” part of your mouth
4) Someone who likes to start fires
5) Superman’s weakness
6) Your brother or mine
7) Extinct
8) Imitation diamonds
9) A red flower
10) Leg joint
11) A police officer
12) “The Golden State”
13) A goofy convict
14) “Mr. Mony’s” enemy
15) Does a body good
16) E = mc2
17) Carbonated drink in an “Al” can
18) Happens when you lasso a horse
19) A nice person
20) What happens to a store during a
riot
21) Helper in a famous parable
22) What you say on your deathbed
23) The man that followed the yellow
brick road
24) Holmium x 0.5
25) A car or planet
26) What you say to a storm cloud
Element
p+ & e-
n
Actinium
Iron
Tungsten
Arsenic
Krypton
Bromine
Argon
Zirconium
Germanium
Neon
Copper
Californium
Silicon
Antimony
Calcium
Einsteinium
Sodium
Europium
Samarium
Lutetium
89
26
74
33
36
35
18
40
32
10
29
98
14
51
20
99
11
63
62
71
138
30
110
42
48
45
22
52
41
10
35
153
14
71
20
153
12
89
88
104
Promethium
Iodine
Tin
61
53
50
86
74
69
Halfnium
Mercury
Uranium
72
80
92
106
121
146
+
-
Write the correct number of p , n, and e for the following ions and isotopes.
p+
n
e-
Selenium – 81
34
47
34
241
92
149
92
O-2
8
8
10
F-
9
10
10
Barium – 135
56
79
56
Li+
3
4
2
Al+3
13
14
10
252
94
158
94
92U
94Pu
Fill in the chart below:
Symbol of
Element
# of
Protons
# of
Neutrons
# of
Electrons
Atomic
Number
Mass
Number
Sulfur - 34
16
18
16
16
34
Gallium - 71
31
40
31
31
71
Rh-2
45
58
47
45
103
W
74
110
74
74
184
Fe+3
26
30
23
26
56
O
8
8
8
8
16