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Can you name the elements from the periodic table given the translation of their root words?
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Meaning
Element
% Correct
Ger: 'Zink'
zinc
80.6%
Eng: Lord Rutherford
rutherfordium
80%
L: 'Alumen'
aluminum
79.4%
Eng: America
americium
79.4%
Eng: Albert Einstein
einsteinium
79.4%
Eng: State of California
californium
78.8%
Eng: Alfred Nobel
nobelium
78.8%
Gk: District of Magnesia
magnesium
78.2%
Eng: Pierre and Marie Curie
curium
78.2%
Eng: City of Berkeley
berkelium
78.2%
Scott: Village of Strontian
strontium
77.6%
Eng: Glenn T. Seaborg
seaborgium
77.6%
Eng: Enrico Fermi
fermium
77.1%
Eng: Ernest O. Lawrence
lawrencium
75.9%
Eng: Niels Bohr
bohrium
75.9%
Gk: 'Titans'
titanium
75.3%
Eng: Dmitri Mendeleev
mendelevium
75.3%
L: Germany
germanium
74.7%
Eng: France
francium
74.7%
Swed: Town of Ytterby
ytterbium
74.7%
Gk: Beryl
beryllium
74.1%
Gk/
Latin: Nitre forming
nitrogen
74.1%
A-
S: 'Tin'
tin
73.5%
A-
S: Gold
gold
73.5%
Eng: Johan Gadolin
gadolinium
72.9%
A-
S: Lead
lead
72.4%
Ger: 'bisemutum'
bismuth
72.4%
Eng: Poland
polonium
71.8%
Eng: Lise Meitner
meitnerium
71.8%
Ger: City of Darmstadt
darmstadtium
71.8%
L: God of the Ocean
neptunium
71.8%
Swed: Village of Ytterby
yttrium
71.2%
Eng: Nuclear Institude at Dubna
dubnium
71.2%
Eng: Radium
radon
70.6%
Eng: Nicolaus Copernicus
copernicium
70.6%
Swed: Town of Ytterby
terbium
70.6%
Eng: Wilhelm Roentgen
roentgenium
70%
Eng: Soda
sodium
69.4%
Meaning
Element
% Correct
Gk: Sun
helium
68.8%
Swed: Town of Ytterby
erbium
68.8%
Gk: Water forming
hydrogen
68.2%
L: Scandinavia
scandium
66.5%
Gk: River Rhine
rhenium
66.5%
L: Charcoal
carbon
65.9%
L: Messenger God
mercury
65.3%
Eng: Pot ashes
potassium
64.7%
Gk: Titan who gave fire to mankind
promethium
64.1%
Russ: Vasili Samarsky-
Bykhovets
samarium
62.9%
L: God of the Underworld
plutonium
62.4%
Scand: God of War
thorium
61.2%
L: France
gallium
60%
Gk: New
neon
59.4%
L: Hess
hassium
58.8%
Skt: 'Sulvere'
sulfur
58.2%
L: Magnet
manganese
57.1%
Gk: Daughter of Tantalus
niobium
55.9%
Gk: New twin
neodymium
55.9%
Gk: Father of Niobe
tantalum
53.5%
Gk: Acid forming
oxygen
52.9%
L: Lime(stone)
calcium
51.8%
L: A blue Indian dye
indium
51.2%
Gk: Inactive
argon
50%
Gk: Artificial
technetium
50%
Gk: Colour
chromium
49.4%
Gk: Moon
selenium
48.8%
Gk: City of Paris
lutetium
48.8%
L: Ray
radium
47.6%
Gk: Rainbow
iridium
47.1%
L: God of Agriculture
cerium
47.1%
L: Island of Cyprus
copper
46.5%
Ger: Goblin/
evil spirit
cobalt
45.3%
Ar: 'Buraq'
boron
44.7%
Gk: Stranger
xenon
44.7%
Sp: Silver
platinum
44.7%
Gk: God of the Sky
uranium
44.7%
Ger: Devil's copper
nickel
44.1%
Meaning
Element
% Correct
Gk: Pale green
chlorine
43.5%
L: Dark red
rubidium
43.5%
L: City of Copenhagen
hafnium
43.5%
Gk: Green twin
praseodymium
43.5%
L: To flow
fluorine
42.9%
Gk: Hidden
krypton
42.9%
Scand: Goddess of beauty
vanadium
42.4%
Gk: Rose
rhodium
41.8%
A-
S: 'Siolfur'
silver
41.8%
L: Russia
ruthenium
41.2%
L: Earth
tellurium
39.4%
Swed: Heavy stone
tungsten
38.2%
Gk: First ray
protactinium
38.2%
Gk: Stone
lithium
37.6%
A-
S: Holy metal
iron
37.1%
Gk: Violet
iodine
37.1%
Gk: Sweden
holmium
35.9%
Gk: Smell
osmium
35.3%
Gk: Lands north of Greece
europium
35.3%
Gk: Stench
bromine
34.7%
Gk: Not alone
antimony
34.1%
Gk: Bringer of light
phosphorus
33.5%
Gk: Goddess of wisdom
palladium
33.5%
L: Blue sky
cesium
33.5%
Gk: Unstable
astatine
33.5%
Gk: Yellow orpiment
arsenic
32.9%
L: 'calamine'
cadmium
32.9%
Gk: Heavy
barium
32.9%
Gk: Ray
actinium
30.6%
L: Flint
silicon
27.6%
Gk: Green twig
thallium
27.6%
L: Scandinavia
thulium
27.1%
Gk: Hard to obtain
dysprosium
26.5%
Gk: Lead
molybdenum
23.5%
Ar: Gold colour
zirconium
22.4%
Gk: To lie hidden
lanthanum
21.2%
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