Question

State if the following statement is True or False. Correct the false statement.

Aurum is the Latin name of gold.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Symbol of an element-

• It is an abbreviation of the name of an element to its initial first or first two letters.
  • Example- Nitogen as N, Oxygen as O, calcium as Ca etc.
• It can also be represented by the Latin names.
  • Example- Copper's Latin name is cuprum as Cu.
  • Latin name of gold is Aurum.
• It is also denoted by the first letter and second small letter from the name of the element which has dominating sound.
  • Example- Chlorine as Cl, as the sound of ‘ l ’ is dominating.

Hence, This statement is true i.e, Aurum is the Latin name of gold.