Name: ____________________________________ Gr.

& Sec: _________________

____________________________________ Date: ____________________

ACTIVITY NO 1.7
The Periodic Table: It’s Element-ary!

A. Procedure:
Use your periodic table to answer the following questions. Write it on the blank
provided.

B. Analysis questions.

1. What are the symbols for elements with long names such as beryllium,
phosphorus, germanium, and Darmstadtium?
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2. What are the symbols for boron, nitrogen, fluorine, and vanadium?
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3. What are the symbols for lithium, chlorine, argon, calcium and manganese?
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4. What are the symbols for iron, silver, mercury, and lead?
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5. What are the symbols for silicon, magnesium and gold?

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6. What are the symbols for aluminum, copper, tin and carbon?
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7. What is the symbol for potassium?

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8. What is the element’s name and symbol that comes before titanium? Barium?
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9. In which group does each of the elements belong to?

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10. What is the name of the following elements: Au, C, Fr, Ho, Bk, Th, Hf, Sc, Cd, Sm, F
Fe, Sg, Og, Mc, Rh

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 C. Complete the story below by filling in the blanks with the name of elements being
referred to from the symbols given.

An Elemental Tale: The Gold Dust Kid

The Kid mounted his trusty steed, old [B] ___________. His shooting [Fe] ____________
strapped to his side, he headed out for the bright [Ne] ____________ lights of Toronto,
aiming to rob the mid-day stage. There was sure to be a load of precious [U]
______________ aboard, and probably [K] ____________, too. Inhaling a deep breath
of [O] __________ he coughed on the [S] ____________ from the nearby mills. Since
the [Hg] ______________ was climbing, he quenched his thirst with some H2O, tasting
the [Cl] ____________ all big cities like Brockville had. As he headed north his bones
ached from [Ca] _____________deposits built up over the years of riding the [Zn]
____________ trail. Overhead a [He] __________-filled balloon floated in the breeze; the
sun beat down like burning [P] ____________. Soon he spotted the stage, guarded only
by a sheriff with a [Sn] ____________ badge. "Halt," he yelled. "or I'll fill you full of [Pb]
____________." The sheriff drew his gun, but alas, was too slow. The Kid's gun, blazing
like flaming [Mg] ______________ did the [Cu] ____________ in. Anyone who drew on
the Kid should know his life wasn't worth a plugged [Ni] ______________. A [Pt]
____________ blonde riding beside the [Al] ___________-framed coach rode for her life
when the Kid pulled out some [N] ____________ compounds, preparing to blow the safe
to atoms. Suddenly, a shout rang out, "Hi Ho [Ag] ___________ and a masked man on
a white horse raced across the [Si] ____________ sands like [Na] ______________
skittering on H2O. A [H] ___________ bomb would not have stopped the lawman; the
Kid had met his doom. The rest of his life was to be spent behind [Co] ___________ steel
bars, a warning to all who flirt with danger. Your first detention may be the initial step in a
[C] ____________ copy life of the saga of the [Au] ____________ dust Kid.