Test your smarts with this periodic table quiz

Test your smarts with this periodic table quiz
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Unless you currently work in a field that involves science (or crack chemistry jokes all day), the days of memorising the elements of the period table are long behind you. There are currently 118 known elements on the periodic table, and we’ve put 20 of them below to create a brain game that to tests your knowledge. Do you know what element Si is? What about Ne? See how many you get correct on this periodic table quiz.

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Mg

Mg
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Do you know what element Mg is?

Magnesium

Magnesium
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Mg stands for Magnesium and it is the eighth-most abundant element in the earth’s crust.

H

H
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This is the first element on the periodic table, do you know what it is?

Hydrogen

Hydrogen
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The H stands for Hydrogen. Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe.

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Si

Si
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What element is Si?

Silicon

Silicon
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Si is Silicon and it’s one of the elements in the sun and stars.

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N

N
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What element is N?

Nitrogen

Nitrogen
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N is the abbreviation for Nitrogen which makes up about 78 per cent of the atmosphere by volume.

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Ar

Ar
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Do you know what element Ar is?

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