Multiple Choice questions

1. This one is intended to be a confidence diamond builder. Diamonds are pure:

a. boron
b. carbon
c. iron
d. nitrogen
e. oxygen

2. You may encounter this element in pure form fairly often. It finds use as a heat conductor, an electrical conductor, as a building material, and as a constituent of various metal alloy. This metallic element is:

a. brass
b. bronze
c. copper
d. gold
e. zinc

3. This metallic element is a liquid at room temperature. It is:

a. bromine
b. iodine
c. iron
d. lead
e. mercury

4. This yellow element is a component of gunpowder. It is:

a. chlorine
b. copper
c. gold
d. selenium
e. sulfur

5. Soft, malleble poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metals. Has a bluish white color when freshly cut, but tarnishes to a dull grayish color when it is exposed to air and is a shiny chrome silver when melted into a liquid:

a. beryllium
c. iron
d. lead
e. silicon

6. You usually encounter this element as a gas, though it is possible to find it in liquid form. The element is:

a. chlorine
b. helium
c. hydrogen
d. nitrogen
e. radon

7. You would wear protective gloves to hold this radioactive element. It is said that the metal is warm to the touch. This is:

a. cerium
b. iron
c. lead
d. lithium
e. uranium

8. It's the most abundant element in the universe. This element is:

a.carbon
b. helium
c. hydrogen
d. nitrogen
e. oxygen