Activity 2.3: Elemental Test

Match the name of an element with each statement. Write the corresponding chemical symbol. (If the symbol is one letter, it should be capitalized. If two letters, the first letter is capitalized and the second is lower case.) Use the periodic table inside the back cover of your text or the one in your agenda book. CAUTION: Some of these puns will make you wince! #1 has been done for you.

chemical symbol

1. zinc or zwim (a play on “sink or swim”) Zn

2. it enforces the law: __________ _____

3. this takes the wrinkles out: __________ _____

4. the opposite of cash: __________ _____

5. after I bought the horse, I __________ _____

6. these help sick people: __________ _____

7. what police do to crack houses: __________ _____

8. what police do with the drugs they find: __________ _____

9. how Cal, the Indian, gets smoke signals: __________ _____

10. mind your own __________ _____

11. they left: __________ _____

12. a funny prisoner: __________ _____

13. how you can tell it’s summer vacation: __________ _____

14. Donnie & Marie __________ (an old singing group) _____

15. what do do with a dead cat: __________ _____

16. how to catch a steer: __________ _____

17. how you water flowers: __________ _____

18. the coldest element: __________ _____

19. how Rue’s owner got rabies: __________ _____

20. a home-run element: __________ _____

21. how you can tell someone lost weight: __________ _____

22. 50 per cent: __________ _____

23. what touches when you propose: __________ _____

24. Mickey’s dog must be made of __________ _____

25. after friend took your hotdogs: __________ _____

26. bumper supporting Joe Foss for governor: __________ _____

27. Tonto was one: __________ _____

28. Jello when cold: __________ _____

29. don’t see any: __________ _____

30. first step to blast-off: __________ _____