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Free Periodic Table Flashcards
Element symbols and properties are pure paired-associate memory — exactly what flashcards were invented for. Chemistry gets dramatically easier when the first 20 elements are reflexive.
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QUESTION
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QWhat element has the symbol Na?
ASodium
QWhat element has the symbol K?
APotassium
QWhat element has the symbol Fe?
AIron
QWhat is the atomic number of carbon?
A6
QWhat is the lightest element?
AHydrogen
QWhat element has the symbol Au?
AGold
QWhich group of elements is almost completely unreactive?
AThe noble gases (Group 18)
QWhat element has the symbol Pb?
ALead
QWhat is the most abundant element in the universe?
AHydrogen
QWhat charge does an electron carry?
ANegative
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