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‘A’ Chemistry Chapter 12 Worksheet
Answer the following clues using your text.
1. This element is used to make white light in fireworks. ____________________
2. This is the metal with the highest melting point. ________________________
3. This is the most reactive metal. _____________________________________
4. List the three elements that make up stainless steel. ____________________
5. This is the name for the alloy made of Bi, Pb, Sn and Cd, which
is used in automatic fire sprinklers. ___________________________________________
6. This element makes up 78% of the earth’s atmosphere. _________________
7. This family of elements are used in light bulbs to extend the life
of the filaments. ________________________________________________________
8. This metalloid is found in alloys used to make bulletproof vests.
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9. A small amount of this element will readily react with the sulfur
in your body and subsequently halt bodily enzyme activity. ___________________________
10. These elements are considered inert. _______________________________
11. This metal is not solid at room temperature. __________________________
12. These are the three most abundant elements in the earth’s crust.
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13. This element is used in making photographic film. _____________________
14. What makes up the nichrome wires in toasters? ______________________
15. These are the three allotropes of carbon. ___________________________
16. Write the formula for silica, the substance in the mineral quartz,
sand. ____
17. This is the most reactive nonmetal. ________________________________
18. These are the metallic ions that help to transmit nerve impulses.
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19. Where would you find spiegeleisen steel? ___________________________
20. These three metals can be turned into magnets. ______________________
21. This substance was once mined mined a mule team and is still used
in soaps and detergents. __________________________________________________
22. This element is produced by the process of photosynthesis. _____________
23. This is the compound produced in greatest quantity by the chemical
industry.
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24. This compound helps to neutralize stomach acid. ____________________
25. This compound makes up seashells and stalactites. ___________________
26. This metal is used in pipes because of its resistance to corrosion.
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27. These are the ‘noble’ metals. _____________________________________
28. What makes up white gold? ______________________________________
29. This is an allotrope of oxygen. ___________________________________
30. This element is the red part of matches. _____________________________
