The Periodic Table and the Common Elements of Hawaiian Volcanoes (Grades 7-8)
The common elements in Hawaiian volcanic products are reviewed using
the periodic table in activity 7. The students are provided a periodic
table. They must use the table, and their knowledge of minerals, rocks,
and gases, to fill in the blanks. The answers are hydrogen, 6, age, 8,
oxygen, sodium, 12, olivine, aluminum, 14, silicon, 15, sulfur, chlorine,
19, potassium, plagioclase, iron, and red.
Activity 7. The Periodic Table and the Common Elements of Hawaiian
Volcanoes
Atomic
Number Element Setting
1 ________ gas produced when lava reacts with water
_ Carbon organic matter buried under flows, used to determine ______
__ ________ most abundant element in crust
11 ________ in plagioclase crystals
__ Magnesium in ________ crystals
13 ________ in plagioclase crystals
__ ________ second most abundant element in the crust
__ Phosphorous a common element in most rocks
16 ________ in gases, solids in the air, and as a precipitate
17 ________ in HCl gas produced when lava reacts with water
18 Argon a gas produced by the decay of unstable potassium
__ ________ small amounts in most basalts, used to determine age
20 Calcium in ________ crystals
26 ________ in olivine crystals, oxidizes to make rocks ________
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