Q: What is the latin name for mercury?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

In this image, you see small pools of elemental mercury. The Latin name for mercury is hydrargyrum, a compound word meaning “water-silver” (hydr- = water, -argyros = silver), since it is liquid like water but shiny like silver. Mercury is the only pure metal that exists as a liquid at room temperature.

 Choices:

- trichina

- stibium

- spirogyra

- hydrargyrum


A:
hydrargyrum