What do you know about
copper?
Which of these properties make copper useful as hospital door handles?
High electrical resistance
Antimicrobial Corrosion resistant
High thermal conductivityAntimicrobial
Which of these famous landmarks does not use copper?
electrical resistance
The roof of St Paul’s is made of Lead (and its not green like the others!)
Britannia first appeared on the copper farthing in 1672. Which coin was redesigned
in 2008 and lost Britannia?
5p
50p £1
20p
50p
What is the melting point of copper?
1865°C
876°C 2548°C
1083°C1083°C
Which elements is bronze made of?
Aluminium and copper
Zinc and copper
Tin and copper
Nickel and copperCopper
and tin
How much copper is needed to make 1 car?
20kg
200kg 50kg
2kg20kg
How much copper does an adult human need per day?
10g
0.1g 1mg
1g1mg
How many miles of copper pipes are used for plumbing in the UK each year?
7900 000 miles
79 000 miles 7900 miles
790 000 miles79 000 miles
(enough to go round the equator 3 times!)
Copper pipes were first used?
9000 years ago
2000 years ago 900 years ago
4500 years ago
4500 years ago
Copper pipes were discovered in the great pyramid at Giza, built around 2500 BC
What is a copperhead?
Golf club
Snake Scientific apparatus
Type of nail
A venomous snake
What percentage of the copper used in Europe is recycled?
91
19 41
14
41%
Recycling saves almost 90% of the carbon emissions
compared to mining the ore
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