Download Common Elements on Earth

Common Elements
on Earth
EARTH SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION
What are elements?
WHERE ARE
ELEMENTS
FOUND?
Hydrogen
Symbol = H
Found in STARS and
OUR SUN!
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Helium
Symbol = He
Found in OUR SUN
 And party balloons
Carbon
Symbol = C
ALL living things are
made of CARBON
Helps to tell the age of rocks
& fossils
Nitrogen
Symbol = N
Found in muscle-building
protein
And our Atmosphere
(AIR)
Oxygen
Symbol = O
Found in our AIR
And Earth’s crust
Sodium
Symbol = Na
Found in SALTWATER
Earth’s crust
 & salt we use on FOOD
Chlorine
Symbol = Cl
Combines with Sodium to
make salt found in ocean
water (NaCl)
And in pools
Aluminum
Symbol = Al
Found in Earth’s crust
Used for making airplane parts
Silicon
Symbol = Si
Found in rocks, sand, and
soil of Earth’s crust
Si+O=“silicates”
Which are in rockforming minerals
Calcium
Symbol = Ca
Found in bones, shells,
milk and Earth’s crust
Iron
Symbol = Fe
 Used in steel structures
Found in Earth’s crust
and CORE
Nickel
Symbol = Ni
Found in coins
Found in Earth’s CORE
Magnesium
Symbol = Mg
 Found in plants & rocks
Uranium
Symbol = U
Used for nuclear energy