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