We’re doing elements and atomic theory in Chemistry right now. Sometimes I give my students worksheets, and sometimes I give them “funsheets.” I tell them that all worksheets are funsheets, but they aren’t convinced yet.

Here’s a funsheet. You may need a periodic table or a list of the elements to help with some of these.

Provide the name for the element:

Clue	Element
1. joint between upper and lower leg	neon
2. mother’s sister’s cash	_________________
3. native of North America	_________________
4. to endure hardship or injury	_________________
5. where you wash dishes	_________________
6. foolish prisoner	_________________
7. policeman	_________________
8. to press laundry	_________________
9. I sit down and eat	_________________
10. Yosemite National Park is here	_________________
11. Lone Ranger’s horse	_________________
12. Canis lupus	_________________
13. I am sneezing and have a runny nose. I have a	_________________
14. a flower	_________________
15. I drink pop, but people in other parts of the country say	_________________
16. the Good __________	_________________
17. parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme	_________________
18. the chair is on the __________	_________________
19. _______ on the range	_________________
20. _______ of Arabia	_________________
21. dull chemistry lesson*	_________________
22. bile is stored in the ________ bladder	_________________
23. European country	_________________
24. another European country	_________________
25. five cents	_________________
26. 50 percent	_________________
27. what doctors do	_________________
28. what morticians do	_________________
29. what cowboys did on horses	_________________
30. Carpe diem. _________ the day.	_________________

^*doesn’t exist in nature

For the answers, continue reading:

Answer key:

Clue	Element
1. joint between upper and lower leg	neon
2. mother’s sister’s cash	antimony
3. native of North America	indium
4. to endure hardship or injury	sulfur
5. where you wash dishes	zinc
6. foolish prisoner	silicon
7. policeman	copper
8. to press laundry	iron
9. I sit down and eat	iodine
10. Yosemite National Park is here	californium
11. Lone Ranger’s horse	silver
12. Canis lupus	wolfram
13. I am sneezing and have a runny nose. I have a	gold
14. a flower	germanium
15. I drink pop, but people in other parts of the country say	sodium
16. the Good __________	samarium
17. parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme	erbium
18. the chair is on the __________	fluorine
19. _______ on the range	holmium
20. _______ of Arabia	lawrencium
21. dull chemistry lesson*	bohrium
22. bile is stored in the ________ bladder	gallium
23. European country	francium
24. another European country	germanium
25. five cents	nickel
26. 50 percent	halfnium
27. what doctors do	helium, curium
28. what morticians do	barium
29. what cowboys did on horses	rhodium
30. Carpe diem. _________ the day.	cesium

^*doesn’t exist in nature

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