Sometimes it is difficult to locate an element in the periodic table. Finding elements would be much easier if the elements were listed in alphabetical order. Why aren't the elements listed in alphabetical order?

AThe elements are listed in the order in which they were discovered.

BThe names are not as important as the number of protons each atom has.

CThe elements are listedaalphabetically according to the Greek alphabet.

DThe names and the symbols are sometimes different, and this would cause confusion.