Question

How is the name of each element in the periodic table represented? A. The first two letters of the element's name are used for the table. B. Letters are assigned to each element by the scientist who discovered it. C. Letters are given to represent each element based on when it was discovered. D. One or two letters are used to represent the name of each element.​

Answer 1

D. One or two letters are used to represent the name of each element.​

Step-by-step explanation:

The name of each element in the periodic table is symbolized by one or two letters.

There different ways of achieving this. Sometimes;

• the first letter of the name of the element is used to represent it for example, hydrogen = H
• the first two letters are sometimes used, for example Calcium Ca
• the Latin name is also used for example Gold is Aurum and is represented as Au.

These are some of the ways of symbolizing the name of each element