Explosions
Fire sucks in air to ____
Fire sucks in air to grow
Who found out about turning cheap metals into gold?
Ernest Rutherford
What are atoms made of?
BONUS: How do the smallest quarks travel around the center of the atom? (300 pt.)
Nucleus (protons and neutrons) and electrons
BONUS: The smallest quarks (electrons) travel chaotically in "atomic orbitals"
What was the most poisonous gas?
BONUS: How was it discovered to be the most poisonous gas? (+100 pt.)
Chlorine
BONUS: It was discovered to be poisonous because someone said it was great for salad dressing! (please do not try this at home for your own safety)
What material can you turn back into gold?
(hint: It's more expensive than gold, so don't try to cheat!)
Platinum
Methane gas caused explosions in what?
Coal mines
Who is the "Father of Modern Chemistry"
Antoine Lavoisier
you could fit 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms onto a what?
a pin-head
How much gas (in total) did the British and the Germans release in WW1? (estimate, closest one gets the point)
125,000 tonnes
What is C12H22O11 in casual terms?
Sugar
What do "low" explosions produce?
Rapid burning and lots of gas
What did people think of Antoine Lavoisier?
They thought he was a traitor
What are stars made of?
Hydrogen
What is another name for Ascorbic Acid?
Vitamin C
Name some things people added to food to make it look better or "go further"
Ground-up bones in flour, wooden strawberry pips in strawberry jam
What does the yellow bit of candle light fire consist of?
Unburned carbon from the candle
How poor was Michael Faraday?
So poor he was given only one loaf of bread every day!
How did Kekulé invent the atom-like toys that you used to connect?
He was sleeping on a double-decker bus and was dreaming about atoms dancing about. He woke up with the idea of atom-like pieces you could use
In 1974, rain rained on Scotland that was as acidic as what?
Lemon juice
Who discovered oxygen?
Karl Scheele
What is black powder/gunpowder made of?
Sulphur, saltpetre, and charcoal
Who invented the material Nylon?
Wallace Hume Carothers
What was beryllium named after?
The scientist's wife, Beryl
In what year did Priestley experiment with a candle, a jar, a sprig of mint, and a mouse?
1771
In the 1970s chemists developed a _____ based substance that could soak up hundreds of times its own weight in water.
Cornstarch