Integrated Science
Worksheet – Name That Element!
Name: ____________________________
Period: ________ Date: ____________
Fill in the answers below with the element’s name, symbol, & atomic number. (If you need a periodic table,
use http://sciencenotes.org/printable-periodic-table-2015/.
1. Find 5 elements named after COUNTRIES. Color them RED.
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2. Find 10 elements named after PEOPLE. Color them GREEN.
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3. Find 7 elements named after objects in OUTER SPACE. Color those BLUE.
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4. Find 8 elements named after COLORS. Color them PURPLE.
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5. Find 8 elements named after CITIES or TOWNS. Color them ORANGE.
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6. Find 10 elements with names that don’t match their WEIRD SYMBOLS. Color them YELLOW.
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7. Find an element named after a RIVER. Outline it in BLUE.
8. Find the first SYNTHETIC element. Outline it in RED.
9. Find the element that has three FORMS. Color it using a highlighter (any color!)
10. Find the elements that have not yet been named. Outline them in GRAY.
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Actinium
Aluminum
Americium
Antimony
Argon
Arsenic
Astatine
Barium
Berkelium
Beryllium
Bismuth
Bohrium
Boron
Bromine
Cadmium
Calcium
Californium
Carbon
Cerium
Cesium
Chlorine
Chromium
Cobalt
Copernicum
Copper
Curium
Darmstadtium
Dubnium
Dysprosium
Einsteinium
Erbium
Europium
Fermium
Flerovium
Fluorine
Francium
Gadolinium
Gallium
Germanium
Gold
Hafnium
Hassium
Helium
Holmium
Hydrogen
Indium
Iodine
Iridium
Iron
Krypton
Lanthanum
Lawrencium
Lead
Lithium
Livermorium
Lutetium
Magnesium
Manganese
Meitnerium
Ac
Al
Am
Sb
Ar
As
At
Ba
Bk
Be
Bi
Bh
B
Br
Cd
Ca
Cf
C
Ce
Cs
Cl
Cr
Co
Cn
Cu
Cm
Ds
Db
Dy
Es
Er
Eu
Fm
Fl
F
Fr
Gd
Ga
Ge
Au
Hf
Hs
He
Ho
H
In
I
Ir
Fe
Kr
La
Lr
Pb
Li
Lv
Lu
Mg
Mn
Mt
89
13
95
51
18
33
85
56
97
4
83
107
5
35
48
20
98
6
58
55
17
24
27
112
29
96
110
105
66
99
68
63
100
114
9
87
64
31
32
79
72
108
2
67
1
49
53
77
26
36
57
103
82
3
116
71
12
25
109
Greek, aktinos, beam or ray
Latin, alumen, alum (an astringent)
America; discovered in California; by analogy, under europium
Greek, anti + monos, not alone, not one
Greek, argos, inactive
Greek, arsenikos, male or masculine
Greek, astatos, unstable
Greek, barys, heavy
Berkeley, California, USA
Greek, beryl, beryl, a blue-green gem
German, Weiss Masse, white mass
Niels Bohr, Danish scientist of quantum mechanics
Arabic, borax, white soft crystals that dissolve easily in water
Greek, bromos, stink or stench
Latin, cadmia, calamine
Latin, calx, lime or chalk
California, USA
Latin, carbo, coal or charcoal
astronomy, the asteroid Ceres
Latin, caesius, sky blue
Greek, chloros, greenish yellow
Greek, chroma, color
German, kobold, gnome or evil sprite
Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, heliocentric model of SS
Latin, cuprum, from the island of Cyprus
Pierre & Marie Curie, discovered radium
Darmstadt, Germany
Dubna, Russia, Joint institute for Nuclear Research where it was discovered
Greek, dysprositos, hard or difficult to obtain
Albert Einstein, originated theory of relativity
Ytterby, Sweden, village near mine where element was discovered
Europe
Enrico Fermi, nuclear physicist
Georgy Flerov, Russian physicist, founded Joint Institue for Nuclear Research, Russia
Latin, fluere, to flow
France
Johann Gadolin, Finnish chemist, discovered yttrium
Latin, Gallia, France
Germany
Anglo-Saxon, Latin, aurun, gold
Latin, Hafnia, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hesse, Germany
astronomy, Greek, helios, the sun
Latin, Holmia, Stockholm, Sweden
Greek, hydro + genes, water-formin
Latin, indicum, indigo or violet
Greek, ioeides, violet
Latin, iris, rainbow
Anglo-Saxon, iren, iron
Greek, kryptos, hidden
Greek, lanthanein, to lie hidden
Ernest Lawrence, American nuclear scientist, developed the cyclotron
Anglo-Saxon, lead, metal
Greek, lithos, rock or stone
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, where is was discovered
Lutetia, ancient name for Paris, France
Magnesia, a district in Thessaly, Greece
Latin, magnes, magnet
Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist, discovered nuclear fission
Mendelevium
Mercury
Molybdenum
Neodymium
Neon
Neptunium
Nickel
Niobium
Nitrogen
Nobelium
Osmium
Oxygen
Palladium
Phosphorus
Platinum
Plutonium
Polonium
Potassium
Praseodymium
Proactinium
Promethium
Radium
Radon
Rhenium
Rhodium
Roentgenium
Rubidium
Ruthenium
Rutherfordium
Samarium
Scandium
Seaborgium
Selenium
Silicon
Silver
Sodium
Strontium
Sulfur
Tantalum
Technetium
Tellurium
Terbium
Thallium
Thorium
Thulium
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Ununoctium
Ununpentium
Ununseptium
Ununtrium
Uranium
Vanadium
Xenon
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium
Md
Hg
Mo
Nd
Ne
Np
Ni
Nb
N
No
Os
O
Pd
P
Pt
Pu
Po
K
Pr
Pa
Pm
Ra
Rn
Re
Rh
Rg
Rb
Ru
Rf
Sm
Sc
Sg
Se
Si
Ag
Na
Sr
S
Ta
Tc
Te
Tb
Tl
Th
Tm
Sn
Ti
W
Uuo
Uup
Uus
Uut
U
V
Xe
Yb
Y
Zn
Zr
101
80
42
60
10
93
28
41
7
102
76
8
46
15
78
94
84
19
59
91
61
88
86
75
45
111
37
44
104
62
21
106
34
14
47
11
38
16
73
43
52
65
81
90
69
50
22
74
118
115
117
113
92
23
54
70
39
30
40
Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist, developed periodic table
astronomy, the planet Mercury
Greek, molybdos, lead
Greek, neo + didymos, new twin
Greek, neos, new
astronomy, the planet Neptune
German, kupfernickel, St. Nicholas’s copper or the devil’s copper
mythology, Niobe, daughter of Tantalos
Greek, niter + genes, saltpeter-producing
Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, founder of Nobel Prizes, invented dynamite
Greek, osme, odor or smell
Greek, oksys + genes, acid-producing
astronomy, the asteroid Pallas
astronomy, Greek, phosphoros, light-bearing, Venus when seen as a morning ‘star’
Spanish, platina, little silver
astronomy, the planet Pluto
Poland
English, potash, a mineral
Greek, prasios + didymos, green twin
Greek, protos + actinium, first actinium
mythology, Prometheus, Greek god who gave humans fire
Latin, radius, ray
Derived from radium, first discovered as a radioactive emission from radium
Latin, Rhenus, The Rhine River, Europe
Greek, rhodon, rose or rose-colored
Wilhem Rontgen, German physicist, discovered x-rays
Latin, rubidos, deepest red
Latin, Ruthenia, Russia
Ernest Rutherford, British physicist, discovered protons, classified radiation
Derived from samarskite, the mineral from which it was first isolated
latin, Scandis, Scandinavia
Glenn Seaborg, American chemist, synthesized 10 transuranium elements
astronomy, Greek, Selene, the moon
Latin, silex, flint or hard stone
Anglo-Saxon, siolfur, silver
Latin, sodanum, headache remedy
Strontian, a town in Scotland, UK
Sanskrit, sulvere, or Latin, sulfurium, sulphur
mythology, Tantalos, Greek figure banished to Hades
Greek, tekhnetos, artificial
astronomy, Latin, tellus, the Earth
Ytterby, Sweden, village near mine where element was discovered
Greek, thallos, green twig
mythology, Thor, Norse god of thunder
Thule, an ancient name for Scandinavia
Anglo-Saxon, tin
mythology, the Titans, Greek gods
Swedish, tung sten, heavy stone
(un-un-octa)
(un-un-penta)
(un-un-septa)
(un-un-tri)
astronomy, the planet Uranus
mythology, Vanadis, Scandanavian goddess of beauty
Greek, xenos, strange or stranger
Ytterby, Sweden, village near mine where element was discovered
Ytterby, Sweden, village near mine where element was discovered
German, zinke (may be from the Persian word sing), stone
Arabic, zargun, gold color
1. Find 5 elements named after COUNTRIES. Color them RED.
1. Americium, Am 95 (America, specifically California, USA)
2. Francium, Fr 87 (France)
3. Gallium, Ga 31 (Gallia, present-day France)
4. Germanium, Ge 32 (Germany)
5. Holmium, Ho 67 (Sweden)
6. Polonium, Po 84 (Poland)
7. Ruthenium, Ru 44 (Russia)
2. Find 10 elements named after PEOPLE. Color them GREEN.
1. Bohrium, Bh 107
2. Copernicium, Cn 112
3. Curium, Cu 96
4. Einsteinium, Es 99
5. Fermium, Fm 100
6. Flerovium, Fl 114
7. Gadolinium, Gd 64
8. Lawrencium, Lr 103
9. Meitnerium, Mt 109
10. Mendelevium, Md 101
11. Nobelium, No 102
12. Roetntgenium, Rg 111
13. Rutherfordium, Rf 104
14. Samarium, Sm 62
15. Seaborgium, Sg 106
3. Find 7 elements named after objects in OUTER SPACE. Color those BLUE.
1. Cerium, Ce 58 (dwarf planet Ceres)
2. Helium, He 2 (the sun)
3. Mercury, Hg 80 (planet Mercury)
4. Neptunium, Np 93 (planet Neptune)
5. Palladium, Pd 46 (asteroid Pallas)
6. Plutonium, Pu 94 (dwarf planet Pluto)
7. Selenium, Se 34 (the moon)
8. Tellurium, Te 52 (Earth)
9. Uranium, U 92 (planet Uranus)
4. Find 8 elements named after COLORS. Color them PURPLE.
1. Arsenic, As 33 (yellow)
2. Beryllium, Be 4 (beryl green)
3. Bismuth, Bi 83 (white)
4. Boron, B 5 (white)
5. Cesium, Cs 55 (sky blue)
6. Chlorine, Cl 17 (pale green)
7. Indium, In 49 (indigo)
8. Iodine, I 53 (indigo)
9. Platinum, Pt 78 (silver)
10. Praeseodymium, Pr 59 (green)
11. Rhodium, Rh 45 (rose)
12. Rubidium, Rb 37 (deep red)
13. Silver, Ag 47 (silver)
14. Thallium, Tl 81 (green)
15. Zirconium, Zr 40 (gold)
5. Find 8 elements named after CITIES or TOWNS. Color them ORANGE.
1. Berkelium, Bk 97 (Berkeley, CA)
2. Darmstadtium, Ds 110 (Darmstadt, Germany)
3. Dubnium, Db 105 (Dubna, Russia)
4. Erbium, Er 68 (Ytterby, Sweden)
5. Hafnium, Hf 72 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
6. Hassium, Hs 108 (Hessen, Germany)
7. Holmium, Ho 67 (Stockholm, Sweden)
8. Livermorium, Lv 116 (Livermore, CA)
9. Lutetium, Lu 71 (Paris, France)
10. Strontium, Sr 38 (Stronitian, Scotland)
11. Terbium, Tb 65 (Ytterby, Sweden)
12. Ytterbium, Y 70 (Ytterby, Sweden)
13. Yttrium, Yb 39 (Ytterby, Sweden)
6. Find 10 elements with names that don’t match their WEIRD SYMBOLS. Color them YELLOW.
1. Antimony, Sb 51
2. Gold, Au 79
3. Iron, Fe 26
4. Lead, Pb 82
5. Mercury, Hg 80
6. Potassium, K 19
7. Silver, Ag 47
8. Sodium, Na 11
9. Tin, Sn 50
10. Tungsten, W 74
11. Find an element named after a RIVER. Outline it in BLUE.
Rhenium, Re 75
12. Find the first SYNTHETIC element. Outline it in RED.
Technetium, Tc 43
13. Find the element that has three FORMS. Color it using a highlighter (any color!)
Carbon, C 6
10. Find the elements that have not yet been named. Outline them in GRAY.
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Ununoctium, Uuo 118
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Ununpentium, Uup 115
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Ununseptium, Uus 117
4.
Ununtrium, Uut 113