Metals uses
| ELEMENT | SYMBOL | USES | |
| 1) | Aluminum | Al | A light metal used in making airplanes, buildings, pots & pans, etc. |
| 2) | Bromine | Br | Used in photography, medicines, insecticides, etc. |
| 3) | Calcium | Ca | A soft, metallic chemical element found in limestone, marble, chalk, etc. |
| 4) | Carbon | C | Found in coal, oil gas, living things, & inks |
| 5) | Chlorine | Cl | Used in bleach, in chemicals to kill germs in swimming pools, & found with the element sodium in table salt |
| 6) | Chromium | Cr | A shiny metal used on bumpers of some cars, household fixtures, etc. |
| 7) | Copper | Cu | A metal used for electric wires, pots, pans, & pennies |
| 8) | Gold | Au | A metal used for jewelry & precious decorative pieces |
| 9) | Helium | He | A gas much lighter than air used in blimps & balloons |
| 10) | Hydrogen | H | A flammable & explosive gas |
| 11) | Iodine | I | Used on cuts & wounds to kill germs |
| 12) | Iron | Fe | A strong metal used in the construction of buildings, steel, & machines |
| 13) | Lead | Pb | A metal used in automobile batteries & in fishing & diving weights |
| 14) | Mercury | Hg | A heavy, poisonous liquid used in some thermometers |
| 15) | Neon | Ne | A gas used in many lights & signs |
| 16) | Nickel | Ni | A metal used in coins |
| 17) | Nitrogen | N | The main gas in the air, also used in fertilizers |
| 18) | Oxygen | O | A gas necessary for respiration; aids burning |
| 19) | Platinum | Pt | An expensive metal used in jewelry |
| 20) | Potassium | K | Found in fertilizers |
| 21) | Silicon | Si | Used in electronics & in compounds for making glass |
| 22) | Silver | Ag | Used in tableware, jewelry, photography, medicines, & coins |
| 23) | Sodium | Na | Soft metal that combines with chlorine to make table salt |
| 24) | Sulfur | S | Used to make sulfuric acid & some medicines such as pet powders |
| 25) | Tin | Sn | Used to make cans |
| 26) | Tungsten | W | A metal used in light bulb filaments |
| 27) | Uranium | U | A metal used in some nuclear reactions |
| 28) | Zinc | Zn | A metal that prevents rust & is used in dry cell batteries |