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ELEMENTS ELEMENTS are are
everywhere!everywhere!
ELEMENT #1
The spiral pattern on this ancient Celtic ring represents
the spiral / circle of life.
What element is in this ring?
GOLD (Au) Latin: aurum
• 2/3 of the world’s gold comes from South Africa
• 2/3 of US production comes from S. Dakota and Nevada
ELEMENT #2
What element do these things have in common?
Here’s a hint…
IRON (Fe) Latin: ferrum
Cheapest…Most common…
Most useful…
Used extensively for the making of STEEL
IRON (Fe) Latin: ferrum
The most common ore (source) is hematite.
IRON (Fe) Latin: ferrum
This iron pillar from
AD 400 still stands in
Delhi, India
IRON (Fe) Latin: ferrum
It also carries oxygen in
hemoglobin in red blood
cells.
ELEMENT #3
Both superman and kryptonite are from…
KRYPTON (Kr) Greek: kryptos
Means “hidden”
Krypton is a gas
Used in flash lamps for high speed photography
ELEMENT #4
This element is in thermometers
MERCURY (Hg)Greek: hydoor (living) + argyros (silver)
Found in Egyptian tombs of 1500 B.C
Spain and Italy produce 50% of the world’s mercury.
ELEMENT #5
What element is a gas that glows and is used in TV tubes, lasers
and cryogenic freezing?
NEON (Ne) Greek: neos
ELEMENT #6
We eat this element every day,
we immerse ourselves in it in the summer,
and it is used to produce safe drinking water…
CHLORINE (Cl) Greek: chloros meaning greenish yellow
We eat it every day combined with sodium in
the form of SALT
CHLORINE (Cl) Greek: chloros meaning greenish yellow
We immerse ourselves in it in
the summer when we swim
in a POOL
CHLORINE (Cl) Greek: chloros meaning greenish yellow
It is used to produce safe drinking water
CHLORINE (Cl) Greek: chloros meaning greenish yellow
Ecuadorian tree frogs have chlorine in their
skin which is a powerful pain killer (200 times more effective than
morphine)… but in large doses it can kill you!
ELEMENT #7
What element is present in these items?
CALCIUM (Ca) Latin: calx
Calcium is referred to as lime. It is found in nature as
limestone.
CALCIUM (Ca) Latin: calx
Calcium can clog pipes…that’s what’s in “hard water”
CALCIUM (Ca) Latin: calx
Some cave formations are made of calcite…
CALCIUM (Ca) Latin: calx Ants in the pants… mites go UP,
tights go DOWN
Stalagmites Stalactites
ELEMENT #8
What element is in your toothpaste?
FLUORINE (F) French: fluere
Means flow or flux…It is a yellow gas.In water, fluroine
helps prevent cavities and interestingly it is also being studied as a rocket propellant!
FLUORINE (F) French: fluere Also used to make
uranium used in nuclear energy.
And in air conditioning and
refrigeration (CFCs)
ELEMENT #9
Do you recognize this character?
He is Gollum from Lord of the Rings and he is made of sand
which contains the element SILICON
SILICON (Si) Latin: silex Means flint.Silicon is the second most
abundant element making up ¼ of the earth’s crust. It also is present in the sun
and stars.
SILICON (Si) Latin: silex Not found free in nature… it is found in sand, quartz, and clay.
SILICON (Si) Latin: silex Silicon crystals are used to make semiconductor devices and solar cells used to capture solar energy.
SILICON (Si) Latin: silex Silicon in the form of sand and clay is used to make concrete, brick and glass.
SILICON (Si) Latin: silex Water organisms called diatoms extract silica from water to build their glass-like shells.
