The origins of the elements
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There are 118 elements in the periodic table, but how well do you know their backstories? Test your knowledge of how they were created here
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Which two elements were made in large amounts 10 s to 20 min after the big bang?
Helium and lithium
Hydrogen and lithium
Hydrogen and helium
Hydrogen and oxygen
Hydrogen
Beryllium
Lithium
Boron
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Which is the only element that both was produced in the big bang and can be generated by cosmic rays hitting heavier nuclei?
Iron
Oxygen
Lead
Silicon
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What is the heaviest element that can be produced by nuclear fusion in stars?
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Slow and rapid neutron-capture processes (s- and r-processes) occur in stars. In both processes, after a neutron is captured, what type of radioactive decay creates a new element by converting a neutron into a proton?
decay
Bismuth
Einsteinium
Cesium
Uranium
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Isotopes of which of the following elements are not formed by the rapid neutron-capture process (r-process)?
Cobalt
Plutonium
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What is the heaviest element for which an isotope forms by the slow neutron-capture process (s-process)?
Moscovium
Oganesson
Nihonium
Tennessine
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Which of the following is the most recently discovered synthetic element?
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