Chemistry Trivia (C/hang)

Hypothesized the Big Bang

A strong source of light and radio signals that is thought to be an exploding galaxy at the edge of the universe

Loss spacecraft due to failure to convert english measurement to metric system

Layer of clay formed during the Cretaceous period showed high content of what element which caused the disappearance of dinosaurs

The center of the Earth is a solid core consists of mostly what?

Surrounding the core is a layer called the __.

Trace elements in the human body.

Most abundant element in the human body

6 elements that plants need in addition to water and CO2

Phosphate fertilizers are derived from phosphate rock called __?

Hard water contains what ions?

In a breathanalyzer, driver's breath is treated with an acidic sol'n of?

A white, tasteless compound of arsenic that dissolves in water which is commonly used in poisons.

Devised a procedure for detecting Arsenic. in which its test bears his name.

As air expands in the lungs, it is forced into tiny blood vessels called capillaries. This phenomena is called?

BEC was created by cooling a sample of gaseous ____ atoms using a technique called laser cooling.

A process in which a laser light is directed at a beam of atoms, hitting them head on and dramatically slowing them down.

The food we eat is broken down, or metabolized, in stages by group of complex biological molecules called what?

The energy content in food is usually measured in what?

Chemical spray used by Bombardier beetles.

The first known laser

Spectrum of visible light

X Ray spectrum range

Type of electron microscope which makes use of a quantum mechanical property of an electron to produce an image of the atom on the surface of the sample.

German physicist who studied the emission spectrum of the sun and noticed certain dark lines at specific wavelengths

The pearly white crown of light visible around the sun during a total eclipse

French physicist who observed a bright yellow line in the emission spectrum of the sun's corona during the totality of the eclipse.

British Chemist who discovered Helium in a mineral of Uranium

The only 3 liquid elements at 25 deg. C

Element which means "the lazy one" in Greek

Noble gas which discovered by Frederick Dorn

Professor of physics who accurately determined the atomic masses of elements

NaCl also occurs in nature as the mineral called

A small molecule that serves to facilitate cell to cell communications

The inventor of dynamite who had heart trouble and refused to ingest a small amount of nitroglycerin to ease the pain

A mixture of nitroglycerin and clay that stabilizes the explosive before use.

The most symmetrical molecule known

Metals or alloys that when cooled to very low temp, lose their resistance totally.

Two allotropic forms of tin.

Boiling point of water decreases with decreasing pressure. True or False
True False

Melting point decreases with increasing pressure
True False

Class of substances tends so greatly toward an ordered arrangement that melting crystal first forms a milky liquid

At high temp, Milky fluid changes sharply into a clear liquid that behaves like an ordinary liquid.

Killer lake which contains CO2 at a dangerously high level.

Traditional method of measuring a knife for autopsy was to pour _____ solution into the wound and X ray it.

An allow of bismuth, lead, tin and cadmium that has a melting point of 71 deg C.

A deficienct in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues

A thin, acidic difestive fluid secreted by glands in the mucus membrane that lines the stomach

An organic polymer that imparts rigidity to paper but oxidizes easily causing the paper to discolor.

Sizing of paper to prevent ink creep which results in a smooth surface is done using a coat of what compound?

Red blood cells, a component of blood, are also called _?

Crystalline form of calcium carbonate which comprises an eggshell

The inorganic, insoluble compound of calcium in the bone

An egg white is also known as

A machine that converts thermal energy to work

A bacteria species that generates electricity

The material most commonly used to fill decaying teeth

Substance made by combining mercury with another metal or metals.

Mining in an open pit after removal of the overlaying earth and rock

Coal in gaseous form is called

The explosive fertilizer

A green pigment usually used in wallpaper when Napoleon lived

An american chemist received a Nobel prize for his work on radiocarbon dating

Aluminum ore is called

Process to extract aluminum from its ore

Carries oxygen in the blood to the lungs and tissues

Imparts a bluish tinge to venous blood

The anticancer drug with a side effect of kidney damage

When all the fuel in a star is consumed, its core collapses and its.outer layer explodes in a?

Nature's own "fission reactor" is found in?

U235 is more abundant than U238. True or False
True False

U235 has a lower half life than U238. True or false?
True False

Radiation sources for most food preservation

An approach to treat brain tumor which uses a boron isotope 10B

Ore where lead can be extracted

Ice that burns

Unrefined petroleum, a viscous, dark brown liquid

Gasolines are usually rated according to their __, a meaure of their tendency to cause knocking.

Polymer used to make bullet proof windows

A hereditary disease in which abnormally shaped red blood cells restrict the flow of blood to vital organs

The human genetic makeup

Each gene has a sequence of bases, repeated several times, that has no known function. These sequences are called

Proponent of DNA fingerprinting

Hair contains a special class of proteins called