What is the primary reason for the high demand for copper in the global market?

What is the main theme of the NOVA episode 'Hunting the Elements'?

What element is used to create a 'phosphorus sun' when burned in oxygen?

What is the atomic number of carbon?

What is the result of combining sodium and chlorine?

What is the atomic number of nitrogen?

What does the acronym CHNOPS stand for?

75% of the elements are _____________________

The number of _______________ determines what kind of element the atom is.

Metals are shiny, malleable materials that conduct

Dmitri ________________________ , the grandfather of the periodic table, came up with a chart to organize all of the elements.

The group on the far right of the table, the ____________ gases, are unwilling to react with other elements.

The column just before the stable noble gases, are called the ____________________ which are craving just one electron in their outer shell.

This group is in the first column. They all have full shells, plus one extra electron they desperately want to get rid of.

About 90% of all atoms in the universe are __________________. They are also what makes up the sun (along with helium).

Different versions of the same element are called _______________

What side of the periodic table would you find the non-metal elements?

Which subatomic particle is responsible for how elements react with other elements?

Metals DO NOT conduct electricity and heat easily because of how the atoms bond to each other allowing electrons to move easily between the atoms.