WHAT ELEMENT AM I?
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What Element Am I? Task Cards
What’s Included?
24 Task Cards are included with questions about the elements, our building blocks
that make up everything! Questions are in a multiple choice format, and an answer
grid for recording answers is included. The questions focus on how elements are
used and what they makeup. A period table of elements is not needed to answer
the questions, but students might want to refer to one for clues referring to types of
elements. These cards can be printed, copied and cut-out along the guidelines.
Laminate the cards if you wish to use them again and again. Cards can be used in a
Scoot Activity, whole class for your Science lessons, or as an independent station
activity. A blank set for you or students to create their own cards is included along
with an answer key.
Task Card Activity Suggested use:
Set up students’ desk in stations with task cards spread around the room. Students
will move around the room with their Answer Grid and move from station to
station. They can work in pairs or do the activity on their own. When all students
are finished, discuss answers aloud. This activity is a fun way to assess or
supplement your Science or STEM lessons!
What Element Am I? Task Cards
1. I am found in shells around eggs,
chalk, pearls and the bones in your
body.
What element am I?
a) nitrogen
b) aluminum
c) calcium
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3. I am found in many useful things
around your home: salt shaker, baking
soda, and most laundry detergents.
What element am I?
a) arsenic
b) argon
c) sodium
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2. I am an important element in our
4. I am known as the element of life.
electronic world. You can find me in
computers and video games.
Need more clues? I create bubbles in
fizzy drinks and diamonds.
What element am I?
a) silicon
b) tungsten
c) bismuth
What element am I?
a) potassium
b) carbon
c) nickel
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5. I am a radioactive element named after
Poland. I was discovered by the famous
scientists, Marie and Pierre Curie.
What element am I?
a) helium
b) polonium
c) uranium
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6. I can help heal scrapes and cuts
by disinfecting, and killing bacteria.
What element am I?
a) iodine
b) bismuth
c) oxygen
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7. I make up the stars and roam
through space between the stars too!
On earth, I am found in water.
What element am I?
a) neon
b) hydrogen
c) sodium
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8. I am a noble gas. I am
frequently used in lighting and
photography.
What element am I?
a) helium
b) krypton
c) radon
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9. I am part of chlorophyll, the green
chemical that helps plant convert
water, air and sunlight into food.
What element am I?
a) magnesium
b) tin
c) rhodium
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10. I am one of the world’s stinkiest
molecules. Some plants and animals
use me to protect themselves.
What element am I?
a) iron
b) sulfur
c) selenium
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11. I am a crucial ingredient in
slime to make your glorious
goo!
What element am I?
a) cobalt
b) hydrogen
c) boron
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12. I once was the main ingredient
in pennies. Now, because of the
expense, I am just a thin coating.
What element am I?
a) zinc
b) silver
c) copper
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13. I am a transition metal. Don’t be
fooled and buy me when you think
you are buying diamonds.
What element am I?
a) zirconium
b) aluminum
c) gallium
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14. I am a valuable element,
treasured by the forty-niners and
people today.
What element am I?
a) titanium
b) crypto
c) gold
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15. Long ago I was used in chemicals that
made paints and pipes. Using me in paints
and pipes is harmful for humans and the
environment.
What element am I?
a) chromium
b) lead
c) radium
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16. I am a lanthanide, found in
volcanic rock. I am used in
expensive cameras and telescopes.
What element am I?
a) lanthanum
b) copper
c) iodine
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17. You can find me in toothpaste.
I’ll help fight tooth decay by soaking
into your teeth.
What element am I?
a) lithium
b) fluorine
c) potassium
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18. I am an actinide element. I
am a radioactive element found
in smoke alarms.
What element am I?
a) carbon
b) chlorine
c) americium
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19. I am used in a famous pink
antacid medicine that helps with
upset stomachs.
What element am I?
a) bismuth
b) krypton
c) phosphorus
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20. I am a noble gas first
discovered in rays of sunlight. I am
most famous for inflating blimps.
What element am I?
a) cadmium
b) helium
c) xenon
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21. I am found in many foods such
as bread and cereal. I am even found
in a molecule in your blood.
What element am I?
a) astatine
b) iron
c) cobalt
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22. I am a metal that shines like
silver, but pours like water. I once
was used in thermometers.
What element am I?
a) mercury
b) nickel
c) cadmium
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23. I am a very dense element! I am
not a common element on Earth, but
asteroids contain a lot of me.
What element am I?
a) hydrogen
b) helium
c) iridium
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24. I am an alkali metal that is good
for your health. You can find me in
orange juice, bananas, and broccoli.
What element am I?
a) francium
b) potassium
c) rubidium
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