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EARTH SCIENCE INTRODUCTION
Common Elements on
Earth
WHERE ARE ELEMENTS FOUND?
What are elements?
Hydrogen
Symbol = HFound in STARS and OUR SUN!
All images from Word ClipArt
Helium
Symbol = HeFound in OUR SUN
And party balloons
Carbon
Symbol = CALL living things are made of CARBON
Helps to tell the age of rocks & fossils
Nitrogen
Symbol = NFound in muscle-building protein
And our Atmosphere (AIR)
Oxygen
Symbol = OFound in our AIR And Earth’s crust
Sodium
Symbol = NaFound in SALTWATEREarth’s crust & salt we use on FOOD
Chlorine
Symbol = ClCombines with Sodium to make salt found in ocean water (NaCl)
And in pools
Aluminum
Symbol = AlFound in Earth’s crust
Used for making airplane parts
Silicon
Symbol = SiFound in rocks, sand, and soil of Earth’s crust
Si+O=“silicates”Which are in rock-forming minerals
Calcium
Symbol = CaFound in bones, shells, milk and Earth’s crust