Question

Approximately _____ elements occur naturally on earth.

Answer 1

Answer: Till date 118 elements have been approximately 94 elements occur naturally on earth. Though some of the elements are present in very small quantities. The rest of the 24 elements in the periodic table are synthetic elements. There are almost 80 elements that have a stable isotope and 38 elements have radionucleides which means that they decay over a period of time.

Answer 2

Of the 118 elements that have been discovered, 90 of them indisputably occur in nature. There is disagreement over whether four more or eight more occur naturally as a result of radioactive decay of other natural elements. The answer is, therefore, 94 or 98.