- Complete the text. Use: boiled / body/ alchemist / German / gold /colour / burned / phosphorous
Hennig Brand was a 1-German 2-Alchemist who lived in the 1600 (16 Hundreds). In the 17 Century alchemists wanted to extract 3-Gold from the human -4-Body He was sure urine had gold because of its 5-Colour He 6-Boiled his own urine and finally 7-Burned the resulting paste at a high temperature. Smoke appeared and this paste burned violently . Brand had isolated 8-Phosphorous from his urine. This was the first element that was isolated.
- Answer
- Which were the elements in the “Greek Periodic Table”?
- Why was Antoine Lavoisier important character for Chemistry?
- How do we know him now?
- Complete these ideas with verbs in the Passive Voice. You may need present or past tenses. Explain why.
e.g. All elements were created in the Big Bang. (create)
- Elements WERE FORMED and RELEASED into space by exploding stars. (form/release)
- These elements WERE STUDIED by scientists during history. (study)
- The list of elements CAN FIND in the Periodic Table. (find)
- Elements like gold, silver and copper WERE DISCOVERED by ancient cultures. (discover)
- These elements WERE USED for jewelry and tools. (use)
- Gold, silver and copper CAN BE FOUND easily. (can/find)
- Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE?
- For Lavoisier an element cannot be separated by chemical means/methods. F
- He made a short list of 2 or 3 elements. F
- He divided elements into gases or metals. T
- He created a complete periodic table. F
- Complete the table with the scientists’ names. Put them in chronological order (according to the video. Copy the correct sentences.
Scientist’s name
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His contribution to science.
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Wolfgang Döbereiner: B-H
Dmitri Mendeleev: D-F
Hennig Brand: A
Antoine Lavoisier: C-E
John Dalton: G
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a-
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isolated the first element.
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b-
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combined elements to see how they reacted to one another.
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c-
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finally organized the set of elements in the periodic table.
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d-
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organized elements according to their atomic weight.
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e-
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defined what an element was.
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f-
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predicted elements that had not been discovered yet.
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g-
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weighed elements.
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h-
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discovered shared properties and reactions.
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- Make a list of the elements that appear on the video. Include at least 6 elements
ELEMENT
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time
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e.g.
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Gold
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Au
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1:36
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1-
| Silver | Ag | 1:41 |
2-
| Copper | Cu | 1:42 |
3-
| Phosphorous | P | 2:19 |
4-
| Sodium | Na | 3:29 |
5-
| Lithium | Li | 3:29 |
6-
| Potassium | Ku | 3:29 |