In Chemistry, what 'C' is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction, but is not consumed by the reaction?
Catalyst
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Which element, found very commonly in the human body is the 20th element of the periodic table?
Calcium
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What is the common name for ascorbic acid?
Vitamin C
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Graphite is a form of what chemical element?
Carbon
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What are the elements on the far right column of the periodic table commonly known as?
Noble gases
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Which metal is the main constituent of pewter?
Tin (about 90%)
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What is the lightest metal?
Lithium
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What two chemical elements are combined to make table salt?
Sodium and Chlorine
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By what name do we know 2 time Nobel Prize winner, Maria Sklodowska, who was born in Warsaw, since her marriage in 1895?
Marie Curie
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Which chemical mixture used by the US military as part of its herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam War is named for the colour of the barrel in which it was shipped?
Agent Orange
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What is the heaviest naturally occurring element found on Earth?
Uranium
heavier elements have only been produced in labs, not in nature
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What are the two main elements used to make the metal alloy, Bronze?
Copper and Tin
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What is Calcium Carbonate more commonly known as?
Chalk
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If you were to expose liquid water to the vacuum of space, what would happen to it?
- Boil
- Freeze
- Not be affected at all
Boil
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What did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774 (even though it had been around forever)?
Oxygen
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What is the third most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere?
Argon
Argon is 0.9% of the atmosphere (Oxygen is 21%, Nitrogen is 78% and the other 0.1% are trace gases, the majority of which is CO2, but also includes helium, neon, methane and ozone)
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In Fahrenheit, at what temperature does water freeze?
32 degrees fahrenheit
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What is the boiling point of water in degrees Fahrenheit at sea level?
212�F
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Hydrogen is number 1 in the periodic table of the elements. What is number 2?
Helium
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The chemical element fermium (Fm) was named after which physicist?
Enrico Fermi
He was the creator of the worlds first nuclear reactor
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If a chemical has a pH level of 0, which of these is it?
- Acid
- Alkaline
- Neutral
Acid
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The name of which chemical element has a name (not chemical symbol) beginning with the letter K?
Krypton
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Dry ice is a frozen form of which gas?
Carbon Dioxide
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What is determined by the Mohs Scale?
Mineral hardness
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Which element in the periodic table has the chemical symbol Ti?
Titanium
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How many noble gasses are there? And can you name them all?
Six. helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe) radon (Rn)
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Since 2016, the Periodic Table has how many confirmed elements?
118
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What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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