The element symbol W stands for tungsten. From which alternative name for the element does that W derive?
- Wolfram
- Wollastonium
- Wulfenite
- Wolframite
The symbol Sb, derived from the Latin stibium, belongs to which element?
- Antimony
- Strontium
- Scandium
- Samarium
Which element takes its symbol Pb from the Latin word plumbum?
- Lead
- Platinum
- Palladium
- Phosphorus
The symbol Sn, from the Latin stannum, denotes which element?
- Tin
- Strontium
- Selenium
- Silicon
Which element carries the symbol K, taken from the Latin name kalium?
- Potassium
- Krypton
- Calcium
- Cobalt
The symbol Hg, from the term hydrargyrum meaning 'water-silver', represents which element?
- Mercury
- Helium
- Hafnium
- Hydrogen
Mendeleev left a gap in his periodic table for an undiscovered element he called eka-aluminium. Which element, isolated in 1875, turned out to fill it?
- Gallium
- Germanium
- Scandium
- Indium
At a room temperature of about 25 degrees C, which of these elements is the only one that is both a metal and a liquid?
- Mercury
- Gallium
- Caesium
- Bromine
Which element was named by Marie Curie after her native country?
- Polonium
- Francium
- Americium
- Germanium
Helium was first detected in the spectrum of sunlight in 1868, before it was ever isolated on Earth.
- True
- False
The chemical symbol for gold is Gd.
- True
- False
In the modern IUPAC numbering, the noble gases such as neon and argon make up Group ___, the rightmost column of the periodic table.
The chemical symbol for silver, ___, is taken from its Latin name argentum.