Periodic Table
Acid-Base Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Biochemistry
Chico State Fun Facts
100

This element is a pale yellow-green gas. 

Chlorine

100

This is known as a proton donor.

Bronsted-Lowry acid

100

It is the non-superimposable mirror image form of a chiral compound. 

An enantiomer

100

What’s another name for the citric acid cycle?

The Krebs Cycle or Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle



100

What are the two newest buildings? 

The Science Building and Arts and Humanities Building

200

He’s a Russian chemist credited with the discovery of the periodic table. 

Dmitri Mendeleev

200

This is the sum you would expect of the pH and the pOH. 

14

200

It is the functional group containing a single nitrogen adjacent to a carbonyl. 

An amide

200

It's a lab technique used to duplicate strands of DNA. 

PCR

200

Out of the 23 CSUs, Chico State is the [blank] oldest.

2nd oldest

300

These are the liquid elements at room temperature. 

Bromine and Mercury

300

A common acid base indicator whose color turns pink in a basic medium. 

Phenolphthalein

300

It is a general class of reactive intermediates where a carbon bears a positive charge.

A carbocation

300

It's an assay used to distinguish between different sizes of proteins within a sample. 

SDS Page

300

How many auditoriums are present on campus?

400

These are elements in the periodic table whose English name has no letters in common with the element symbol. (Name four such elements). 

Potassium (K), Sodium (Na), Silver (Ag), Gold (Au), Iron (Fe), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Antimony (Sn), or Tungsten (W)

400

This is the conjugate base of nitric acid. 

Nitrate

400

It is the common name for an organometallic compound with the general formula RMgX.

A Grignard reagent

400

It supplies the energy needed to generate ATP via ATPase. 

H+ pump

400

How many bridges are present on campus?

8

500

The name of this element is derived from the Greek word for color, since all compounds of this element are colored. Some compounds of this element are highly toxic and carcinogenic, particularly the oxides. 

Chromium (Cr)

500

This is the symbol for the negative log of the acid dissociation constant. 

pKa

500

It is the mechanism of a substitution reaction between a strong nucleophile and a primary alkyl halide. 

A Sn2

500

It's a transmembrane protein that binds a ligand to trigger a signal cascade within a cell.

G-protein coupled receptor

500

What’s the fine for cutting flowers in the rose garden (in USD)?

$50 
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