Student Name: _________________________________
Mrs. Lee 8th Grade Physical Science
Period: ______
Date: ___________
COMMON ELEMENTS & THEIR USES
1)
ELEMENT
Aluminum
SYMBOL
Al
2)
3)
Bromine
Calcium
Br
Ca
4)
5)
Carbon
Chlorine
C
Cl
6)
Chromium
Cr
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Copper
Gold
Helium
Hydrogen
Iodine
Iron
Cu
Au
He
H
I
Fe
13)
Lead
Pb
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
25)
26)
27)
28)
Mercury
Neon
Nickel
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Platinum
Potassium
Silicon
Silver
Sodium
Sulfur
Tin
Tungsten
Uranium
Zinc
Hg
Ne
Ni
N
O
Pt
K
Si
Ag
Na
S
Sn
W
U
Zn
USES
A light metal used in making airplanes, buildings, pots & pans,
etc.
Used in photography, medicines, insecticides, etc.
A soft, metallic chemical element found in limestone, marble,
chalk, etc.
Found in coal, oil gas, living things, & inks
Used in bleach, in chemicals to kill germs in swimming pools, &
found with the element sodium in table salt
A shiny metal used on bumpers of some cars, household fixtures,
etc.
A metal used for electric wires, pots, pans, & pennies
A metal used for jewelry & precious decorative pieces
A gas much lighter than air used in blimps & balloons
A flammable & explosive gas
Used on cuts & wounds to kill germs
A strong metal used in the construction of buildings, steel, &
machines
A metal used in automobile batteries & in fishing & diving
weights
A heavy, poisonous liquid used in some thermometers
A gas used in many lights & signs
A metal used in coins
The main gas in the air, also used in fertilizers
A gas necessary for respiration; aids burning
An expensive metal used in jewelry
Found in fertilizers
Used in electronics & in compounds for making glass
Used in tableware, jewelry, photography, medicines, & coins
Soft metal that combines with chlorine to make table salt
Used to make sulfuric acid & some medicines such as pet powders
Used to make cans
A metal used in light bulb filaments
A metal used in some nuclear reactions
A metal that prevents rust & is used in dry cell batteries
Directions:
1. Make index cards for each element
a. One side has the Chemical Symbol
b. Other side has the Elements Name & its Uses
2. Learn all this information by the date index card project is due
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