Elements

• The amount of which subatomic particle determines the type of atom?

  Protons
• What is the name for a substance consisting of one type of atom?

  An element
• What is the atomic symbol for Oxygen?

  O
• What is the atomic symbol for carbon?

  C
• What is the atomic symbol for hydrogen?

  H
• What is the atomic symbol for Helium?

  He
• What is the atomic symbol for Magnesium?

  Mg
• What is the atomic symbol for sodium?

  Na
• What is the atomic symbol for iron?

  Fe
• What is the atomic symbol for copper?

  Cu
• What is the atomic symbol for gold?

  Au
• What is the atomic symbol for silver?

  Ag
• What is the atomic symbol for lead?

  Pb
• What is the atomic symbol for lithium?

  Li
• What is the atomic symbol for potassium?

  K
• What is the atomic symbol for calcium?

  Ca
• What is the atomic symbol for aluminium?

  Al
• What is the atomic symbol for nitrogen?

  N
• What is the atomic symbol for sulphur?

  S
• What is the atomic symbol for iodine?

  I
• What is an isotope?

  A different form of an element which has the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons than usual