Element Symbols

This 12-question quiz tests how well you can match chemical symbols to their elements.

You are given a symbol like Mg or Ca and name the element it stands for, working through a steady run of common ones.

The non-obvious part is that several symbols do not line up with their English names at all, because they trace back to older Latin words, which is why a handful look nothing like the element you might expect.

Spotting which ones carry those Latin roots is really the key to the trickier items in this set.

Recommended level: intermediate.