ELEMENTS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE

WHAT’S IN THE NAME?

Provide the name and chemical symbol for the element, which sounds similar to a possible
correct answer. See number one for an example.

CLUE ELEMENT CLUE ELEMENT

1. well drillers decision Boron B 24. a spice Erbium Er
2. to press laundry ___________ 25. a blitz by police ___________
3. policeman ___________ 26. …..on the Range ___________
4. mother’s sister’s money ___________ 27. …of Arabia ___________
5. where dishes are washed ___________ 28. dull chemistry lecture__________
6. a foolish prisoner ___________ 29. Golden Gate Bridge site _________
7. natives of North America ___________ 30. …bladder or …stones __________
8. water and gin ___________ 31. European country ___________
9. shown the way ___________ 32. another European country _______
10. I sit down to eat ___________ 33. repair clothes ___________
11. a Ford product ___________ 34. 50 per cent ___________
12. a popular house plant ___________ 35. larger than a coyote ___________
13. have the sniffles ___________ 36. God of the underworld _________
14. United States citizen ___________ 37. God of the sea ___________
15. don’t take any wooden ___________ 38. a good . . . (helper) ____________
16. playing a part or role ___________ 39. to brown a roast ___________
17. . . . . . pop ___________ 40. girl’s names ___________
18. a lisper saying “listening” ___________
19. technician ___________
20. Lone Ranger’s horse ___________
21. endure or tolerate pain ___________
22. what you walk on at home ___________
23. leg joint above calf ___________

CLUE: ium ending read as “him” ELEMENT

1. doctors do this helium (heel him)

2. doctors do this too _______________
3. funeral homes do this _______________
4. cowboys do this to horses _______________
5. “Anything to keep him quiet” mother
says to father. _______________
6. grab him _______________
7. to get him off my back _______________