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Science
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Elements and Compounds
Science – Grade 7
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Elements and Compounds
First Edition, 2020

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Science
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Elements and Compounds
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Science 7 Module on Elements and Compounds!

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 Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you master the Elements and Compounds. The scope of this module permits it to
be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the
diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the
standard sequence of the course.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

Recognize that substances are classified into elements and compounds (MELCs)

Specifically, you will:

1. Identify elements in the periodic table of elements.
2. Differentiate elements and compounds based on its properties.
3. Explain that compounds are made up of elements.
4. Classify substances into elements and compounds.

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. What is the primary substance that cannot be separated into simpler

materials?
a. Element b. compound
c. homogeneous mixture d. heterogeneous mixture

2. How do elements in a compound be separated?

a. physical processes
b. chemical processes
c. both physical and chemical processes
d. neither physical nor chemical processes

3. Some symbols of the elements like iron and silver are taken from their
ancient names. What are their symbols?
a. I and S b. In and Sr
c. Fe and Ag d. Hg and Pb

4. Which of the following is made up only of one type of atom?

a. A jar of soy sauce b. A drop of water
c. A roll of aluminum foil d. A crystal of table salt

5. Ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) is a compound essential to our body. It is used to

treat iron deficiency anemia. What are the elements that made up this
compound?
a. fluorine, sulfur, and oxygen
b. fluorine, strontium, and oxygen
c. iron, sulfur, and oxygen
d. iron, strontium, and oxygen

6. The vertical column of elements in the periodic table is called group or family.
Which of the following elements listed belongs to Group 2 elements in the
periodic table along with the elements-beryllium, magnesium, calcium,
strontium, and barium?
a. radium b. sodium
c. titanium d. potassium

7. How can water compound be separated into hydrogen and oxygen?

a. electrolysis b. hydrolysis
c. condensation d. evaporation

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8. Elements in the periodic table are arranged by increasing atomic number.
What properties do these elements have in similar in their group or family?
a. physical behavior
b. chemical behavior
c. both physical and chemical behavior
d. either physical or chemical behavior

9. When water decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis,

where does hydrogen being collected?
a. positive electrode
b. negative electrode
c. both in the positive and negative electrodes
d. either in the positive or in the negative electrodes

10. Hydrogen and oxygen both support burning while water extinguishes fire.
What does it mean?
a. hydrogen and oxygen have different properties from water
b. hydrogen and oxygen have the same properties from water
c. elements that are physically combined have different properties from
the compound
d. elements that are chemically combined have the same properties from
the compound

11. What important role does sodium play in the human body?
a. strengthens bone and tooth structure
b. helps in the formation of hemoglobin
c. regulates amount of body fluid
d. catalyzes in the synthesis of energy-carrier molecules

12. What element deficiency in the body that results in rickets in children,
softening of the bones in adults, and decrease in bone mass?
a. Iron b. calcium
b. c. fluorine d. magnesium

13. Goiter is the result of the deficiency of iodine in the body. What are the rich
sources of iodine?
a. Milk b. legumes
b. c. sea food d. whole grains

14. Which of these compounds listed have 3 different elements?

I- NaCl (Salt) III- C12H22O11 (Sugar)
II- C2H4O2 (Vinegar) IV- NaHCO3 (Baking Soda)

a. I and II
b. II and III
c. III and IV
d. I, II and IV

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 15. Provided below is a list of different substances. Which of these substances are
elements?
I. NaOH III. H2O
II. Cu IV.N2

a. I
b. II
c. I and III
d. II and IV

Lesson

2 Elements and Compounds

In our daily life, there are several substances that we commonly use and
become essential in our growth and survival. We encounter these substances in the
food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. Now these substances can
be classified as elements and compounds. These shall be discussed in detail in the
succeeding activities of this module.

What’s In

Before we proceed further, it is important that we look back on your past

lessons that are in some way related to this topic. These lessons could be taken
from your lower science classes that find connection to this present topic.
So are you ready? Let’s begin!

Notes to the Teacher

The activity printed in this page of the module will not be
accomplished by the learner. Hence, a separate copy may be
provided to him/her.

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Do you see substances and mixtures in the kitchen?

At the kitchen, you can find different household materials. Now, looking at
the illustration, the learners will encircle mixture and box substances found at the
kitchen.

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 What’s New

Friend Searching!
The Elemental Heroes when combined can do wonders to save our planet! Help
them bring out their superpowers. Read their clues given!

Remember to use a blue crayon, to connect oxygen to hydrogen and green crayon
to connect sodium and chlorine in the maze.

Hi! I am oxygen (O). you must combine me

with my friend twin hydrogen (H2) to form
MIGHTY Water!

Hi! I am sodium (Na). To form Mighty Salt,

you must combine me with my friend
chlorine (Cl)!

You did it!

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 But did you know that Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sodium and chlorine are all
elements. They could be combined to form different compounds. Today, we will
learn more about them.

What is It

Pure substance is a kind of matter that has uniform properties. It can be

further classified into elements and compounds. The simplest form of matter which
can no longer be divided is called element. While compounds are made up of
elements. It is a combination of two or more kinds of atoms which can be separated
using chemical processes.

Elements
There are 118 elements that are systematically arranged in increasing
atomic number in the periodic table of elements (Figure 1). These elements are
arranged in such a way that those elements having similar properties are placed in
vertical columns called group or family.
To represent the elements in a simplest manner, especially when writing a
formula, scientists developed the symbols for each element. Instead of writing the
whole name, one-letter or two-letter symbols are used. Notice that those elements
having one-letter symbol use the first letter of their element’s name like hydrogen
(H), Oxygen (O), Nitrogen (N), etc. While those elements with two-letter symbols use
the first letter and any letter found in its name like lithium (Li), chlorine (Cl),
manganese (Mn), etc.
However, there are symbols of elements that are not found in their names
like iron (Fe), silver (Ag), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb). These letter symbols were
taken from their Latin names such as ferrum (iron), argentum (silver),
hydrargyrum (mercury) and plumbum (lead).
Some elements are essential to life. Example, calcium which is essential to
formation and maintenance of bones and teeth, regulates nerve transmission,
muscle contraction and blood clotting. Sodium regulates amount of body fluid and
involved in nerve transmission. And iodine is part of thyroxin and regulates rate of
energy. Deficiency of these elements in the body will result to diseases or bad
health conditions like rickets in children due to calcium deficiency and goiter due
to iodine deficiency.

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 Figure 1. Periodic Table of Elements
Source: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), IUPAC Periodic Table of the Elements, https://iupac.org/what-
we-do/periodic-table-of-elements/, December 2018

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Compounds

While there are only 118 elements in the periodic table of the elements, there
are so many compounds on earth. To name a few, commonly used household
compounds are sugar (C12H22O11), table salt (NaCl), water (H2O), baking soda
(NaHCO3), flour (C6H10O5) and acetic acid (C2H7O2). These compounds can be
further divided into their elements that composed them. For instance, water with a
chemical compound formula of H2O is made up of hydrogen and oxygen while
baking soda (NaHCO3) has sodium, hydrogen, carbon and oxygen.

An example of that is water. Water can be decomposed into hydrogen and

oxygen through electrolysis (Figure 2). In this process, chemical changes happen
when electrical energy is supplied externally. During electrolysis, hydrogen is
collected in the negative electrode while oxygen is collected in the positive electrode.
Both hydrogen and oxygen support burning. If hydrogen is exposed to lighted stick,
it will give a popping sound due to the rapid burning of hydrogen in the presence of
air. While if the lighted stick is exposed in the collected oxygen, it will burn more
vigorously.
Now take note, how hydrogen and oxygen
support burning but when they combined to form
water, the compound formed has different properties.
Such that, water extinguishes fire. Therefore,
compound that is composed elements has properties
that are distinctly different from the elements.

Figure 2. Electrolysis of Water

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 What’s More

Activity 1.1 Mobile Game Unleashed

Write down on the space provided the symbol of the element’s name to get
the words commonly use in the mobile game.

What’s the word?

It is a hero move _____ ______ ______ _______

from one position Boron Lithium Nitrogen Potassium
to another in a
very short time. 1. The hero move is .

To clear minion ________ ______ _____________

waves and/or Phosphorus Uranium Sulfur Hydrogen
destroy the
opponent’s
turret/s
2. This specialty of a hero is
.

Roam and _____ ______ ______

Gallium Nitrogen Potassium
ambush energy
heroes
3. This move is .

Usually blurted _____ ______ ______ _______

by angry players. Calcium Nitrogen Carbon Erbium
Referring to a
player who has
little to no 4. If you are not playing well then you
contribution to the are a .
team.

________ ________ _______ _______ ______

A tank hero who Uranium Radium Nitrogen Uranium Sulfur
specializes in
healing. 5. This early game hero is
.

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Activity 1.2 What’s My Name?

Identify the element’s name through the two- letter symbols listed below. Write
your answers on the space provided.

1. Kr 6. Ag
2. Sb 7.Xe
3. Zn 8.Hg
4. Mo 9.Ru
5. La 10.Ne

Activity 1.3 When science geeks talk!

Read the conversation of two science geeks on messenger. They are using
the elements’ names in their conversation. In order to crack their conversation,
identify the symbol of each element in the conversation to form a word like “cute”
from the elements Copper (Cu) and Tellurium (Te). After reading, identify the words
formed from the symbols of the elements’ names.

What are the words that can be formed out of the symbols of the elements’
names that two science geeks used in their conversation?

Names of the elements Symbols of the elements Words formed

e.g. Copper, Tellurium Cu, Te cute
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Activity 1.3 What are they made of?

A. Fill in the graphic organizers of the elements that made up the common
household compounds. Water is already answered for you.

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 What I Have Learned

1. Element is the primary substance that cannot be separated into simpler

materials.
2. Elements in the periodic table are arranged in increasing atomic number
such that elements having similar chemical behavior are grouped in vertical
columns called group or family example the group 18 or noble gases
namelyhelium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), radon
(Rn), and oganesson (Og).
3. Compound is a combination of atoms which can be separated using
chemical processes.
4. There are only 118 types of elements while there is no limit on the types of
compounds that can be formed.
5. Water is decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen through a process called
electrolysis wherein chemical changes occur when electrical energy is
supplied externally.

What I Can Do

Instruction: Choose only one from the two tasks listed below.

Be Social Media Influencer!

Instruction: Write a social media post and tag your friends and teacher about the
health importance of a specific element in the body.

Poster and Slogan Making

Instruction: Make poster and a slogan about the health importance of a specific
element in the body.

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 Assessment

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. How do elements in a compound be separated?

a. physical processes
b. chemical processes
c. both physical and chemical processes
d. neither physical nor chemical processes

2. What is the primary substance that cannot be separated into simpler

materials?
a. element
b. compound
c. homogeneous mixture
d. heterogeneous mixture

3. Some symbols of the elements like iron and silver are taken from their
ancient names. What are their symbols?
a. I and S
b. In and Sr
c. Fe and Ag
d. Hg and Pb

4. Ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) is a compound essential to our body. It is used to

treat iron deficiency anemia. What are the elements that made up this
compound?
a. fluorine, sulfur, and oxygen
b. fluorine, strontium, and oxygen
c. iron, sulfur, and oxygen
d. iron, strontium, and oxygen

5. The vertical column of elements in the periodic table is called group or family.
Which of the following elements listed belongs to Group 2 elements in the
periodic table along with the elements-beryllium, magnesium, calcium,
strontium, and barium?
a. radium
b. sodium
c. titanium
d. potassium

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6. How can water compound be separated into hydrogen and oxygen?
a. electrolysis
b. hydrolysis
c. condensation
d. evaporation

7. Which of the following is made up only of one type of atom?

a. A jar of soy sauce
b. A drop of water
c. A roll of aluminum foil
d. A crystal of table salt

8. Elements in the periodic table are arranged by increasing atomic number.

What properties do these elements have in similar in their group or family?
a. physical behavior
b. chemical behavior
c. both physical and chemical behavior
d. either physical or chemical behavior

9. Hydrogen and oxygen both support burning while water extinguishes fire.
What does it mean?
a. hydrogen and oxygen have different properties from water
b. hydrogen and oxygen have the same properties from water
c. elements that are physically combined have different properties from
the compound
d. elements that are chemically combined have the same properties from
the compound

10. What important role does sodium play in the human body?
a. strengthens bone and tooth structure
b. helps in the formation of hemoglobin
c. regulates amount of body fluid
d. catalyzes in the synthesis of energy-carrier molecules

11. When water decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis,
where does hydrogen being collected?
a. positive electrode
b. negative electrode
c. both in the positive and negative electrodes
d. either in the positive or in the negative electrodes

12. What element deficiency in the body that results in rickets in children,
softening of the bones in adults, and decrease in bone mass?
a. iron
b. calcium
c. fluorine
d. magnesium

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 13. Goiter is the result of the deficiency of iodine in the body. What are the rich
sources of iodine?
a. milk
b. legumes
c. sea food
d. whole grains

14. Provided below is a list of different substances. Which of these substances

are elements?
I. NaOH III. H2O
II. Cu IV.N2

a. I
b. II
c. I and III
d. II and IV

15. Which of these compounds listed have 3 different elements?

I- NaCl (Salt) III- C12H22O11 (Sugar)
II- C2H4O2 (Vinegar) IV- NaHCO3 (Baking Soda)

a. I and II
b. II and III
c. III and IV
d. I, II and IV

Additional Activities

Science Comics

Make a comic strip of two science geeks talking about common household
compounds. They will talk about the elements that made up the compounds.

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Answer Key

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Rubric for Social Media Post
Criteria Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Poor (1)
Relevance to the The message of The message of Few message of The message of
theme the social media the social media the social media the social media
post is very post is relevant post is relevant post is
relevant to the to the theme. to the theme. irrelevant to the
theme. theme.
Style The style of The style of The style of The style of
writing the writing the writing the writing the
social media social media social media social media
post is an post is a good post is a fair post is a poor
excellent choice choice in choice in choice in
in catching catching catching catching
attention of the attention of the attention of the attention of the
netizens. netizens. netizens. netizens.
Originality All the ideas in Some ideas in Few ideas in the The ideas in the
the social media the social media social media social media
post are post are post are post are not
original. original. original. original.
Organization of The caption of The caption of The caption of The caption of
the idea the social media the social media the social media the social media
post is post has a good post is fairly post is poorly
excellently organization. organized. organized.
organized.
Grammar The grammar of The grammar of The grammar of The grammar of
the caption is the caption is the caption is the caption is
excellent. good. fair. poor.

Rubric for Poster and Slogan Making

Criteria Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Poor (1)
Relevance to the The message of The message of Few message of The message of
theme the poster and the poster and the poster and the poster and
slogan is very slogan is slogan is slogan is
relevant to the relevant to the relevant to the irrelevant to the
theme. theme. theme. theme.
Creativity The hues, tints, The hues, tints, The hues, tints, The hues, tints,
tones and tones and tones and tones and
shades are shades are good shades are fair shades are poor
excellent choice. choice. choice. choice.
Originality All the ideas in Some ideas in Few ideas in the The ideas in the
the poster and the poster and poster and poster and
slogan are slogan are slogan are slogan are not
original. original. original. original.
Organization The text of The text of The text of The text of
slogan is very slogan is clearly slogan is a little slogan is
clearly seen and seen and the bit unseen and unseen and the
the color choice color choice are the color choice color choice are
are contrasting. contrasting. are not not contrasting.
contrasting.
Grammar The grammar of The grammar of The grammar of The grammar of
the slogan text the slogan text the slogan text the slogan text
is excellent. is good. is fair. is poor.

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