Elements
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Elements
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25 Questions

1. Those painfully bright headlights can contain this gas.

2. This element is widely used in matches and fertilizers.

3. 1% of air is this gaseous element

4. Radioactive element contained in smoke detectors

5. Pencil lead is mostly ...

6. Metal used as a filament in light bulbs

7. A shiny metal used on automobile bodies - especially the trim

8. Some medical reports suggest that taking this element helps prevent colds

9. A favorite poison of mystery writers.

10. A gaseous element used in brightly colored electric signs

11. Nickels - dimes - and quarters are now made of copper and nickel - but before that they were all made of ...

12. Added to town drinking water (and swimming pools) to kill bacteria

13. What the state capitol dome is covered in. _________

14. Found in Pepto-Bismol and makes it pink

15. A radioactive gas that sometimes seeps through basement floors and accumulates in poorly ventilated houses

16. The metal the Statue of Liberty is made of...

17. As far as credit cards go - this is more precious than gold or silver

18. The element that is in the gas with the rotten egg smell

19. A metal that is used in car batteries and as a solder to join pipes - and once was contained in paint and gasoline - is a health hazard for people (especially young children) who ingest it.

20. When dissolved in alcohol - this is used to disinfect cuts

21. A liquid metal

22. The nonflammable gas that was used to replace hydrogen in blimps

23. Deep blue glass often contains this element

24. A flammable gas that used to be used in blimps (and was contained in the Hindenberg - which caught fire while trying to land in New Jersey over 75 years ago.)

25. Marie Curie found this element that used to be used to make watch and clock dials glow in the dark. ________________________