Which element is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?
Aluminum
The answer was Aluminum. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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Aluminum makes up about 8% of the Earth's solid surface by weight, making it the most abundant metal in the crust.
A good trivia question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- Iron - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Aluminum - correct answer.
- Copper - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Magnesium - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Aluminum is the one to remember. Aluminum makes up about 8% of the Earth's solid surface by weight, making it the most abundant metal in the crust. Despite its abundance, aluminum was once more valuable than gold due to difficulty extracting it.
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Sources: Royal Society of Chemistry