Question

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

The symbol for an element does not signify its name.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

• It is an abbreviation of the name of an element to its initial first or first two letters.
• Example- Nitrogen 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.
• 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, the given statement is false i.e. The symbol for an element does not signify its name.

Correct statement- The symbol for an element signifies its name.