SUPERLATIVES

Question 1

Primary extracellular cation

Answer 1

Sodium

Question 2

Primary intracellular cation

Answer 2

Potassium

Question 3

First element discovered by spectroscopy

Answer 3

Rubidium
Cesium
Francium

Question 4

Lightest of all structurally important metals

Answer 4

Magnesium

Question 5

Second most abundant intracellular cation

Answer 5

Magnesium

Question 6

Secondary extracellular cation

Answer 6

Calcium

Question 7

First radioactive element discovered

Answer 7

Radium

Question 8

Most abundant metal

Answer 8

Aluminum

Question 9

3rd most abundant element on earth

Answer 9

Aluminum

Question 10

Most abundant non-metal on earth’s crust

Answer 10

Oxygen

Question 11

2nd most abundant non-metal on earth

Answer 11

Silicon

Question 12

Best ore for lead extraction

Answer 12

Lead sulfide/Galena

Question 13

Final electron acceptor

Answer 13

Oxygen

Question 14

21st amino acid

Answer 14

Selenocysteine

Question 15

1st most utilized element in nuclear reactions

Answer 15

Uranium

Question 16

2nd most utilized element in nuclear reactions

Answer 16

Polonium

Question 17

2nd lightest gas

Answer 17

Helium

Question 18

Most abundant noble gas

Answer 18

Argon

Question 19

Least/Rarest abundant noble gas

Answer 19

Krypton

Question 20

6th most abundant element in earth’s crust

Answer 20

Sodium

Question 21

Only reddish metal

Answer 21

Copper

Question 22

Only liquid metal

Answer 22

Mercury

Question 23

Only metallic, synthetic and radioactive halogen

Answer 23

Astatine

Question 24

1st element produced artificially

Answer 24

Technetium

Question 25

Lightest metal

Answer 25

Lithium

Question 26

Densest element

Answer 26

Osmium