Chemical Symbols Practice Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the definition of elements and the standard rules for chemical symbols based on the lecture transcript.

Element

A substance made up of only one type of atom that cannot be separated into anything simpler.

Chemical symbol

A one- or two-letter abbreviation used to represent an element.

First letter (Chemical Symbol)

The part of a chemical symbol that is always capital.

Second letter (Chemical Symbol)

The part of a chemical symbol that is lowercase, if it exists.

Chemical Symbol Rule 1

A rule stating that some elements use only the first letter of their English name.

Hydrogen

An element represented by the chemical symbol $H$.

Oxygen

An element represented by the chemical symbol $O$.