Understanding Elements and Their Importance

The most complex substances known

The smallest particles in the universe

The rarest materials on Earth

The basic building blocks of everything

Because it is highly reactive

Because it is lighter than other metals

Because it is very unreactive

Because it is abundant in the Earth's crust

Distillation

Smelting

Refining

Fermentation

To make the metal more malleable

To add color to the metal

To react with other elements and leave copper behind

To cool down the furnace

Copper atoms are more reactive than tin atoms

Copper atoms are larger than tin atoms

Tin atoms are more reactive than copper atoms

Tin atoms are larger than copper atoms

Incomparable

Indivisible

Infinite

Invisible

It reacts vigorously and burns away

It remains unchanged

It melts into a liquid

It becomes a gas

It makes fireworks yellow

It makes fireworks red

It makes fireworks green

It makes fireworks blue

Pb, from the Latin 'plumbum'

Ag, from the Latin 'argentum'

Fe, from the Latin 'ferrum'

Au, from the Latin 'aurum'

By using elemental fingerprints

By observing the shape of elements

By identifying the color of elements

By measuring the weight of elements