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ane: At PSUS tenon DATE NOVA: Hunting the Elements x. tharare 12 anigut substances elements) arangedon ansating chat trees her hidden secretstoanjone wo knowshow to read 2. Allthe gold ever mined would fit into single cube about_GC feet on aside. 3. Three-quarters of the slements are s'nng ka 4. How an atom reacts chemicélly depends on how willing it isto share - 2c in, swith others. '5. How much would a 60 pound block of gold be worth in dollars? $. million USD ee a wWisag Jelechonic goods ot 7 When copperis combined wth another element, iy, it makes bronze, the fist manmade metal alloy. 8 Thenumberat__Dalzric__ determines what kindof element the atom 9. The number of protonsis caled the atomic ps cabo _andit’s the fundamental organizing principle of every table ofthe elements, 410, Metals ae shiny, malleable materials that conduct _C locheic. 1, Most people think of _Couilr os as white and chalky, but it’s actuallya silver, shiny metal 12, Fiesta® ware bowls ke this one from the 1930s, gets its orange color from Tus and Is artualy dangerouely radioactive 13. The table organizes the elements by atomic number, that is, the numberof protonsin each atom, yet ‘the table's ereator—a 19"-centruy Russian chemistry professor, named Dmitri_Mvin\o lacus ‘knew nothing about protons or atomic numbers, 414. The group that fits neatly onto the end of the table, the _y,>\\o Ss, ae uniingto ‘mie with the other elements, to react with them, ry \\( 5 Protons may determine te entity ofan element but_clasharas ruts eatin (Shaman tain e} 16.An atom with {5 _ electrons in its outer shell makes one happy, satisfied atom, 117. The column just before the stable noble gases ae called the _|yabvon< They have an outer shell that needs just one more electron to be full 18. The__cal) a1: metals are the fist column. Each of them has fll shells, plus one extra electron sitting in a new, outer shel 19-The ion chromatograph lotks for postal bf riegatively charged molecules, called _| On"? ifthe: residue, fragments of the arginal chemical explosive 20 Every ime atoms form are bond, the reaction cleases_Cisaart 21. How do you speed up a fre to create an explosion? You regulate the amount of and how closely t's packed together with other elements oy 22. The oxygen that powers al those explasions makes up

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