Transcript of Name of the element, including an explanation for the origin. Oxygen-From the Greek words oxus (acid) and gennan (generate). Name of the element, including an explanation for the origin of its name if that origin is known.OXGEN.6. Oxygen is in group 16, period 2 and in the series of nonmetals. Selenium, sulfur, tellurium, & polonium all have similar properties.ame of the element, including an explanation for the origin of its name if that origin is known. OXGEN. 6. Oxygen is in group 16, period 2 and in the series of nonmetals.
Wild â 4.3 miles; Total â 4.3 miles. Zigzag River. The Zigzag River arises from the base of Zigzag Glacier at approximately the 5,000-foot elevation on Mt. Hood in Oregon's Cascade Mountain Range. The 4.3-mile segment of the river from its headwaters to the Mt. Hood Wilderness boundary is administered as a wild river. The river flows steeply over mud and pyroclastic flows through a sparsely vegetated area in a narrow canyon. The canyon rim itself and beyond is well-forested.
The Oregon Trail is a 2,200-mile (3,500 km) historic eastâwest large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of the future state of Kansas and nearly all of what are now the states of Nebraska and Wyoming.he Oregon Trail was laid by fur trappers and traders from about 1811 to 1840 and was only passable on foot or by horseback.