Name:
Class:
Date:
Period:
Mr. Calder
Element Code
Use the clues given to identify each of the elements. Fill in the blanks with the correct chemical symbols and discover the missing
words.
No elements above Atomic Number 103 are used.
1.
a. Transition metal number 24
b. A common solid halogen
c. Group 13 is named after this element
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a
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b
nap nook
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c
2.
a. An alkaline earth metal with 56 electrons
b. The alkali metal of period 3
c. The metal element that is part of table salt
3.
a. The least reactive solid alkali metal
b. The smallest element in group 16
c. A period 2 nonmetal with 5 valence electrons
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a
b
c
African King
4.
a. Element with atomic number 31
b. The largest alkaline earth metal
c. Metalloid with properties similar to silicon
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a
5.
a. First element after Actinium the Actinide series
b. Period 2 element with 6 valence electrons
c. The heaviest of the noble gases
d. Element with a mass number of 32
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a
b
c
d
The problem with roses
6.
a. A transition metal used to make filaments in light bulbs
b. Period 4, Group 15
c. Element with one more proton than Silicon
d. Element with 3 orbits and 6 valence electrons
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a
7.
a. Smallest element with 14 neutrons
b. The fourth transition metal in period 5
c. The third element in the Lanthanide series (after Lanthanum)
d. A yellow powdery non-metal
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a
8.
a. It's most stable isotope has an atomic mass of 227
b. Element with 8 protons and 8 neutrons
c. The radioactive element with a full outer energy level
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a
b
c
Rocky's lunch
9.
a.Element with 74 electrons
b. It has one more proton than Tungsten
c. This gas makes up most of the air we breathe
d. Most abundant group 14 element in living things
e. The lightest of all the elements
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a
b
c
An appealing fruit
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b
c
Park Place
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b
c
d
A nest of trouble
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b
c
Nutty Snack
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d
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a
b
c
d
e
Professor Plum's murder weapon
Name:
Class:
Date:
Mr. Calder
Period:
More Element Codes...
1.
a. Element with an atomic mass of about 58.9 amu
b. The most reactive non-metal
c. A transition metal formed in the Thermite Reaction
d. Element named after the man who said E=mc2
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a
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b
c
Eye-openers
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d
2.
a. The Noble Gas with the fewest neutrons
b. Element with 4 neutrons
c. Group 9 element with 4 energy levels
d. Transition metal more precious than Gold
e. Mass Number = 167
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a
3.
a. Smallest Metal in the Carbon Family
b. Element that needs 2 more electrons in the 2nd energy level
c. Element with three electrons in its 2nd energy level
4.
a. Element with 62 protons
b. Most reactive element in group 16
c. Alkali Metal slightly more reactive than sodium
d. Protons + Neutrons = 167
e. Period 3 element that forms ions with a -2 charge
5.
a. Tin
b. 6 electrons in the 2nd energy level
c. Group 6, Period 6
d. Element with one more proton than Tantalum
e. Element with no neutrons
f. Added to salt to prevent goiter
g. Largest Metalloid in Period 5
6.
a. Noble gas with 4 energy levels
b. Element with 39 electrons
c. One fewer electrons than Gold
d. 8 electrons
e. Jefferson coin metal
f. Smallest Metalloid in the Oxygen Family
7.
a. Also known as Brimstone
b. Reactive, lighter-than-air gas
c. Noble gas used in incandescent light bulbs
d. Needs to lose 1 electron from 4th energy level
to get a full outer energy level
e. One more electron than lead
f. Gains 2 electrons to fill its 5th energy level
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a
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b
c
d
e
A lunch you'd like to miss
8.
a. Largest nonmetal that forms ions with a -3 charge
b. Element with one electron
c. 1st Transition metal in period 5
d. Computer chip Metalloid
e. Element in diamonds
f. Period 3 element that forms a -2 ion
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a
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b
9.
a. Pu + 1p
b. ninety-nine neutrons
c. Period 5 Halogen
d. Alkali Earth Metal found in Bones
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b
c
d
Go for a spin in this
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e
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a
b
c
Someone better than you?
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a
b
c
d
e
People with their heads in a cloud
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a
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b
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a
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c
d
e
f
All her friends look up to her
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b
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c
d
e
Superpoison
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c
d
Easy Exam
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a
b
c
Here we are
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g
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f
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e
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d
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f
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f