Periodic Table #4: Names from Greek and Latin Roots

Can you identify the elements whose names are derived from Greek or Latin words describing their physical properties, such as color, smell, weight, or spectral lines? This quiz is part of the Periodic Table series of 6 fun and challenging quizzes.

Includes elements named after their distinct flame test colors, chemical odors, or behaviors.

Chemical symbol shall appear upon correctly guessing an element.

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Symbol	Element	From	Term	Property/Reason
Br	Bromine	Greek	bromos (stench)	it smells strongly
I	Iodine		ioeides (violet)	violet vapor
Cl	Chlorine		chloros (pale green)	its color
Tl	Thallium		thallos (green shoot)	green spectral line
Rh	Rhodium		rhodon (rose)	rose-colored salts
Cr	Chromium		chroma (color)	forms vivid compounds
Os	Osmium		osme (smell)	pungent tetroxide
Ba	Barium		barys (heavy)	dense minerals
Ar	Argon		argon (inactive/lazy)	unreactive gas
Kr	Krypton		kryptos (hidden)	hard to find in atmosphere
Xe	Xenon		xenos (stranger)	trace amounts in air
P	Phosphorus		phosphoros (light-bearer)	glows in dark
Ac	Actinium		aktis (ray/beam)	glows blue in the dark
Cl	Chlorine		chloros (pale green)
Ne	Neon		neos (new)
In	Indium			Indigo spectral emission line
Sr	Strontium			crimson flame
Rn	Radon			from radium (it decays from radium)
Rb	Rubidium	Latin	rubidus (deep red)	red spectral lines
Cs	Caesium		caesius (sky-blue)	blue spectral lines
Ir	Iridium		iris (rainbow)	multicolored salts
F	Fluorine		fluere (to flow)	used as a flux in metallurgy
Ra	Radium		radius (ray)	highly radioactive

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1 Comments

Level 74

May 31, 2026

1. Chlorine is repeated, but as only text cells

2. No terms is provided for three answers (Indium, Strontium, & Radon)

Otherwise, good quiz!

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