Tell Us About Yourself And We'll Guess What Periodic Element You're Most Like!

By: Tori Highley
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Tell Us About Yourself And We'll Guess What Periodic Element You're Most Like!
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About This Quiz

What do you do with a dead chemist? BARIUM! If you're a fan of chemistry and a little humor, this is the quiz for you! From all the 118 elements on the periodic table, you won't believe which one you are!

Although the elements have been around for millions and millions of years, it wasn't until 1869 that Dimitri Mendeleev started combining them into one table - the periodic table! He would go on to arrange them by their mass and with the discovery of new elements, the table became what it is today.

From all the elements on the table, there are probably some that you know and others whose existence you'd question. Elements like hydrogen and oxygen are well known because they combine to form water. What would your birthday parties be without helium balloons? What kind of jewelry would you own without gold and silver?

From all these periodic elements, which one of them are you? If you're sweet and passionate, you're probably most like sodium. Since this element has a low melting point, it's easy for you to melt at the sight of cute scenes. Or maybe you're versatile like carbon. The basis for all living things, this element is found everywhere. If you're like this element, your friends and family can always count on you to be there!

Which periodic element are you? Are you shining with a heart of gold or are you reliable and always there like carbon? Hurry up before all the good elements Argon!

When your coworkers are arguing over the kind of paper to use for a flyer, what do you do?
Tell HR that they are being unreasonably argumentative.
Let them sort it out on their own.
Find a kind of paper that suits both of their desires.
Order the same kind of paper you usually do while they argue.

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Which famous scientist do you love the most?
Thomas Edison
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Marie Curie
Steven Hawking

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Which Law of Physics do you appreciate the most?
For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction.
All materials move to the lowest energy configuration possible.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
The entropy of a closed system can only increase.

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Of Aristotle's elements, which is your favorite?
Fire
Air
Earth
Water

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Which chemical are you most fond of ingesting?
NaCl (salt)
C12H22O11 (sugar)
C8H10N4O2 (caffeine)
H2O (water)

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Which gaseous planet of our solar system is most beautiful to you?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus

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Which branch of hard science do you enjoy the most?
Biology
Geology
Chemistry
Physics

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Which natural light phenomena is your favorite to see?
Lightening storms
Rainbows
Bioluminescence
Aurora Borealis

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What is your favorite way to exercise?
Zumba classes
Running
Circuit training
Yoga class

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Which social media account do you use most frequently?
Snapchat
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook

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Which source of potassium do you enjoy the most?
Yogurt
Sweet potatoes
Bananas
Winter squash

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Which state of matter do you appreciate the most?
Plasma
Solid
Liquid
Gas

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What computer brand do you love?
Acer
Apple MacBooks
Lenovo
Alienware

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Which science show is your favorite?
"Bill Nye the Science Guy"
"Cosmos"
"Mythbusters"
"How Its Made"

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Which national lab would you want to tour the most?
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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Which rocky planet in our solar system do you want to live on?
Mars
Venus
Earth
Mercury

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Which science job would you prefer to have?
Engineer
Head Researcher
Lab Technician
Professor

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Which science and technology company are you the biggest fan of?
Tesla and SpaceX
Boeing
Google
Texas Instruments

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Which astronaut animal are you most fond of?
Laika the first space dog
Tardigrades
Chimpanzees
Mice

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What do you read your emails on?
My phone
My tablet
My laptop
My desktop

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Which at-home experiment is your favorite?
Mixing baking soda and vinegar to make a mini-explosion
Mixing cornstarch and water to make a non-Newtonian fluid called Oobleck
Making sugar crystals at home
Letting salt water evaporate to leave salt crystals

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Which astronomy-themed date night is your favorite?
Meteor shower viewing
Stargazing with blankets and hot cocoa
Watching a comet pass Earth
Looking at the sun with solar viewers

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What is your favorite method of recording your experiment?
Audio recording my notes
Writing down what I do in a lab notebook
Typing up my notes on my process
Video taping the process

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What is your favorite flavor of particles?
Top
Strange
Charm
Vanilla?

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How do you communicate with your coworkers?
Walking to their desks
Over email
Over instant messaging
Over the phone

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Which science fiction show do you love the most?
"Rick and Morty"
"Star Trek"
"Eureka"
"The X-Files"

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What do you drink your coffee or tea from at work?
Mason jar
A decorative beer stein
A beaker
A mug

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Which NASA facility do you dream of working at?
White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, NM
Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA

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Which science book would you rather read?
"Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
"On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin
"Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" by Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan

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Which ancient mathematician do you admire the most?
Archimedes
Yang Hui
Pythagoras
Hypatia

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