Name: _________________________ Naming the Elements Directions: Elements are named after people, places, and things. 1. Use each element once to match the element name to the proper “people, places, or things.” 2. Using the periodic table, find the elemental’s chemical symbol and write it in the space after each “people, places, or things” sentence. People, Places, or Things 1. _____________ Named for Dubna, a city in Russia where many new elements were created. _____ 2. _____________ Named for Berkeley, a city in California where many new elements were created. _____ 3. _____________ Named after the state of California. _____ 4. _____________ Named for Marie Curie's home country of Poland. _____ 5. _____________ Named after the country of Germany. _____ 6. _____________ Named after Pierre Curie's home country of France. _____ 7. _____________ Named after the planet Uranus. _____ 8. _____________ Named after Neptune. _____ 9. _____________ Named after the planet Pluto. _____ 10. _____________ Named after the continent of Europe. _____ 11. _____________ Named after Ernest Rutherford, who discovered the nucleus. _____ 12. _____________ Named after Glen Seaborg, an American who created many new elements. _____ 13. _____________ Named after the Danish scientist Neils Bohr. _____ 14. _____________ Named after Lise Meitner, who discovered fission with her nephew, Otto Frisch. _____ 15. _____________ Named after Marie and Pierre Curie, who discovered radiation. _____ 16. _____________ Named after the physicist Albert Einstein. _____ 17. _____________ Named after Enrico Fermi, who created the first controlled nuclear reaction. _____ 18. _____________ Named after Alfred Nobel, who developed dynamite. _____ 19. _____________ Named after the inventor of the cyclotron, Ernest Lawrence. _____ 20. _____________ Named after America. _____ 21. _____________ Named after Dimitry Mendeleyev, who created the first periodic chart. _____ Element Names Americium Dubnium Neptunium Curium Francium Rutherfordium Fermium Mendelevium Californium Meitnerium Polonium Europium Plutonium Bohrium Lawrencium Uranium Einsteinium Nobelium Berkelium Germanium Seaborgium .