Match the elements with the correct explanation. First find the correct dictionary meaning for each element in your dictionary.
Colour code (by colouring the two matching boxes)
the Atomic number, Chemical symbol, Chemical name,
the Relative atomic mass and the
dictionary explanation using the colour key below.
| yellow - gold | red - hydrogen | ||
| orange - copper | blue - oxygen | ||
| green - iron | purple - silver | ||
| pink - carbon | grey - tin | ||
| brown - lead | light blue - helium |
| 47 Ag Silver 107.9 |
A malleable silvery-white metallic element. it is used in alloys, esp. in bronze and pewter and as a non-corroding coating for steel. | 26 Fe Iron 55.9 |
A dense inert bright yellow element that is the most malleable and ductile metal, occurring in rocks and alluvial deposits. |
| A colourless, odourless highly reactive gaseous element;
the most abundant element in the earth's crust. |
79 Au Gold 197.0 |
A heavy toxic, bluish-white metallic element that is highly malleable: used in alloys, accumulators, cable sheaths, paints and as a radiation shield. | 8 O Oxygen 16.0 |
| 29 Cu Copper 63.5 |
A non-metallic element existing in three crystalline forms; graphite, diamond and buckminsterfullerence: occurring in all organic compounds. | 50 Sn Tin 118.7 |
A very light non-flammable colourless, odourless element that is an inert gas, occurring in certain natural gases. |
| A malleable ductile silvery-white ferromagnetic metallic element. It is widely used for structural and engineering purposes. | 1 H Hydrogen 1.0 |
A ductile malleable brilliant greyish-white element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal. | 6 C Carbon 12.0 |
| 2 He Helium 4.0 |
A flammable, colourless gas that is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. Occurs in water and in most organic compounds. | 82 Pb Lead 207.2 |
A malleable reddish metallic element occurring as the free metal, copper glance, and copper pyrites, used in such alloys as brass and bronze. |
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